Syracuse Turkey Hunter Bags His First Gobbler

Syracuse turkey hunter bags his first gobbler

Chris Palazzoli, of Onondaga Hill, bagged his first gobbler last weekend after a textbook morning hunt.

Hunters take record number of wild turkeys in region

Wild-turkey hunters saw record harvests in most west-Illinois counties — particularly Pike, which had the third-highest take in the state.

Vermilion County hunters harvest 135 turkeys in 2025

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois turkey hunters harvested a preliminary record total of 18,189 wild turkeys during the 2025 spring turkey season. This year’s total compares with the previous record total of 17,208 turkeys harvested in 2024.

Illinois harvests record number of wild turkeys during spring season

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) -- The Illinois Department of Natural Resources reported that hunters in the state harvested a record number of turkeys this spring. Preliminary numbers show that 18,189 turkeys were hunted during the spring 2025 hunting season, which is up from the 17,208 hunted last year, according to an IDNR news release. This number includes the almost 3,000 turkeys hunted during the youth's spring turkey season. The turkey season to…

JAMES SMEDLEY: Stepping out of the blind - WITH PHOTOS

Hunting wild turkey from a ground blind has been my go-to strategy for many years. Setting up a ground blind in likely areas like travel corridors, strutting zones and hardwood-backed corners of agricultural fields has been a productive technique. But my rock-solid faith in the effectiveness of ground blinds has begun to waver. Last season was a turning point, when my daughter and I got out mid-May to try and get Lillian her first turkey. Our st…

Illinois spring turkey hunters harvest record number of wild turkeys; Pike ranked third among counties - Muddy River Sports

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois turkey hunters harvested a preliminary record total of 18,189 wild turkeys during the 2025 spring turkey season. This year’s total is nearly 1,000 more than the previous record total of 17,208 turkeys harvested in 2024.The top five counties for harvest in 2025 were Jo Daviess, 628; Jefferson, 518; Pike, 468; Marion, 428; and Pope, 425.The 2025 total includes the record youth spring turkey season harvest of 2,099 bird…