Turkey Brood Survey

Vermont Turkey Brood Survey

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Thank you for your participation in reporting any sightings and your interest in wild turkey management in Vermont. Please see this guide for identifying wild turkeys (used with permission from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.)

Basic information

Numbers of turkeys in sighting
Town, day, and time where the turkeys were observed

Bonus information

Age of turkeys in sighting - adults and/or young *
Sex of the adult turkeys - tom or hen *
A brood sighting - a brood consists of one or more hens with young

* At this time of year, young turkeys are normally about two-thirds the size of an adult hen. If you can not determine the sex or age of the birds, record your sightings in the "Number of misc. birds (i.e., unknown sex/age)" data entry area.

**Statewide Totals by Year**
Year	Total	Hens	Toms	Poults	Unknown	Hens/Tom	Poults/Hen
2023	13,111	3,025	796	8,401	895	3.80	2.78
2022	8,798	1,690	368	5,897	843	4.59	3.49
2021	111,287	2,359	545	7,320	101,063	4.33	3.10
2020	13,094	2,332	416	9,034	1,312	5.61	3.87
2019	5,998	1,282	248	3,978	490	5.17	3.10
2018	16,571	2,876	575	11,795	1,325	5.00	4.10
2017	9,437	1,929	474	6,225	809	4.07	3.23
2016	17,699	3,440	625	12,128	1,506	5.50	3.53
2015	4,001	712	107	2,895	287	6.65	4.07
2014	18,368	3,097	536	12,812	1,923	5.78	4.14
2013	5,368	1,105	343	3,384	536	3.22	3.06
2012	7,375	1,381	314	4,916	764	4.40	3.56
2011	7,636	1,660	397	4,589	990	4.18	2.76
2010	7,047	1,353	367	4,564	763	3.69	3.37
2009	3,001	674	217	1,754	356	3.11	2.60
2008	5,262	973	216	3,546	527	4.50	3.64
2007	10,954	1,932	388	7,748	886	4.98	4.01