Wild Turkey Harvest Counts by Wildlife Management Unit and Year

Mandatory reports from successful hunters provide spring, fall, and total harvest numbers for wild turkeys. The data is broken down by wildlife management unit and calendar year, with missing values indicating no open season. The dataset is maintained by the Government of Ontario.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in total harvest numbers across wildlife management units to assess population changes.
• Compare spring and fall harvest figures by calendar year to evaluate seasonal hunting impacts.
• Identify wildlife management units with missing data to map regions lacking an open turkey season.

Strengths

• Data sourced from mandatory reports submitted by successful license holders.
• Managed and updated by a provincial government authority, the Government of Ontario.
• Provides absolute harvest counts, not statistical projections.

Limitations

• Unknown total record count and dataset size limits analytical planning.
• Missing values represent administrative decisions (no open season) rather than data gaps, which requires careful interpretation.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario

Collection Method

Mandatory reports from successful wild turkey licence holders.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 18, -2026.

Geography

Wildlife management units in Ontario, Canada.