It is that time of year. Many Ontario hunters will be out trying to bring home their own wild turkey for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, there is still no turkey hunt in my Wildlife Management Unit 49. I recently had to ‘encourage’ 6 turkeys to leave my driveway so I could get to work. It has been encouraging to see turkeys in our area where once there were none.

Here are some important 2009 Ontario Turkey Hunting links provided by the Ontario MNR:

• 2009 Wild Turkey Harvest Report Worksheet (PDF, 615 kb)
• 2008 Fall Wild Turkey Harvest Statistics (PDF, 27 kb)
• Wild Turkey Management Plan for Ontario, 2007 (PDF, 2.3 mb)
• Map: Wildlife Management Units in Ontario with an Open Season for Fall Wild Turkey Hunting in 2009 (PDF, 359 kb)
• Summary of Fall Wild Turkey Hunting Regulations (PDF, 28 kb)
• Map: Wildlife Management Units in Ontario with an Open Season for Spring Wild Turkey Hunting in 2009 (PDF, 349 kb)

If you would like to read about my first turkey hunt in Virginia – follow this link.

Hunt safe out there everybody and please send along some photos for those of you who are fortunate to bag an Ontario Turkey!

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