Turkey Season May Be Over, But You Can Still Help the Yelp!

Did you see some poults this summer? If you did, or if you do, contact your state wildlife agency. They likely want to know where you saw them and how many there were. Compiling this information can provide valuable insight into how well populations are doing in the state and may help provide other helpful information.

Whether you’re hiking, fishing or even on the way to work, reporting where you saw poults to your state’s wildlife agency can make a difference. Simply Google your state and “wild turkey brood survey.”

Like poult surveys, agencies sometimes offer volunteer hunter satisfaction or harvest surveys. The information that agencies can glean from these is extremely useful, and they usually don’t take much time. Did you enjoy the season? Did you not tag a single bird? Let your agency know!

There is always a need for volunteers when it comes to helping the yelp. Whether its assisting with wildlife conservation projects or being a mentor on learn-to-hunt events, the NWTF is always looking for volunteers who want to help bolster their wild turkey populations.

Learn how you can get involved here.

As you get outdoors to enjoy everything summer offers, take a moment to leave the land better than you found it.

Picking up trash, planting trees, recycling, growing a pollinator garden --- there are many small tasks that can make a significant difference for the resource.

The NWTF is leading the charge on wild turkey research, improving wildlife habitats and preserving North America’s hunting heritage. Because of the organization’s members, donors and volunteers, it has conserved more than 21 million acres of wildlife habitat and has introduced millions of people to the outdoors.

NWTF members’ $35 annual donation helps make all this possible. Sign up here.

Via the Wildlife Restoration Act, hunters and sport shooters contribute immensely to the funding of conservation projects. The excise tax that hunters and sport shooters spend on firearms and ammunition is distributed to states from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is allocated for wildlife conservation projects. And thanks to the Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Need Act, a bill supported by the NWTF, these funds provide state assistance in promoting hunting and the shooting sports.

Simply put, get outdoors and buy your licenses for the upcoming hunting seasons; it’s the easiest way to help the yelp.

Learn more about the NWTF’s Help the Yelp Campaign.