Telecheck Results 2022 *Updated 5/16. Final numbers

[Gut_Pile]

I have been doing this thread for 7 years now. You can find the results from the previous years at the threads below

2021
https://forum.gon.com/threads/telecheck-results-2021-updated-5-17-final-numbers.990846/

2020
https://forum.gon.com/threads/telecheck-results-2020-final-numbers-posted.965094/

2019
https://forum.gon.com/threads/telecheck-results-2019-final-numbers-posted-page-4.941473/

2018
http://forum.gon.com/threads/telecheck-results-2018-updated-5-17.917581/

2017
http://forum.gon.com/threads/telecheck-results-2017-final-results-page-5.896288/

2016
http://forum.gon.com/threads/telecheck-results-so-far-updated-4-18-page-3.869649/

So far in 2022 we are 11 days into a 46 day season (youth weekend included). As of 04/11/22 at 10:35 AM there have been 4,920 turkeys killed. This is a average of 447 per day and puts us on pace for 20,575 turkeys killed in 2022.

So far we are off to a quicker overall start than 2021 when it comes down to turkeys killed per days hunted, but overall behind when you compare 4/11/21 to 4/11/22.

We will see how everything plays out the remainder of the year.


Opening day results from 16-22:

2016: 1,535
2017: 1,725
2018: 1,748
2019: 1,477
2020: 1,777
2021: 1,410
2022: 1,548

 

[Gut_Pile]

Link to telecheck data

https://gadnrwrd.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/6b454d3ca57044848222998c06412b9b

 

[Gut_Pile]

Just to dive a little more into the numbers and what the opening day numbers mean to overall harvest trends.

2016: 11,216 checked turkeys. 1535 opening day turkeys made up 13.7% of total harvest

2017: 11,465 checked turkeys. 1725 opening day turkeys made up 15% of total harvest

2018: 11,674 checked turkeys. 1748 opening day turkeys made up 14.9% of total harvest

2019: 11,521 checked turkeys. 1477 opening day turkeys made up 12.8% of total harvest

2020: 14,412 checked turkeys. 1777 opening day turkeys made up for 12.3% of total harvest

2021: 12,174 checked turkeys. 1470 opening days turkeys made up for 11.6% of total harvest

2022: With the 6 year opening day average making up 13.4% of the total harvest, we can estimate this years harvest should end up around 11,553.

It will be interesting to see how this trend plays out again this year.

 

[turkeykirk]

Thanks for doing this. Always interesting.

 

[Gut_Pile]

4/11/21 - 8107

4/11/22 - 4920

 

[Gut_Pile]

2021 46 days into the season - 11,139

I'm going to guess that GA ends up somewhere around 7500 turkeys checked this year

 

[Zebco The Clown]

Link to telecheck data

https://gadnrwrd.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/6b454d3ca57044848222998c06412b9b

According to that link, only one bird was tagged in Warwoman WMA since the public opener as of today. What's up with that? Is it known for tough turkey hunting?

 

[KentuckyHeadhunter]

I love that you provide this for us Will. Thanks buddy. Pretty interesting so far.

 

[ssramage]

4/11/21 - 8107

4/11/22 - 4920

Difference between a Sunday (2021) and Monday (2022).

What's the first 11 days of the last few seasons look like?

My guess is that you'll see a slower start to 2022 because it was private land only up until last Sat. You'll likely see stronger numbers than prior year over the next few weeks now that the full state is open. I'd guess the overall numbers may look pretty similar.

 

[Gut_Pile]

What's the first 11 days of the last few seasons look like?

2021 - 4825

2022 - 4920

 

[ssramage]

2021 - 4825

2022 - 4920

That's surprising to me that 2022 is outpacing prior year, considering that you're missing over a week of public land hunting and the reduced limit. Season length was reduced by 22% and harvest quota by 33%. You'd expect harvest #s to correlate with that. The fact that it's not, suggests that either: 1) the cuts weren't deep enough, 2) more hunter participation, or 3) the population isn't really that bad after all...

 

[goblr77]

That's surprising to me that 2022 is outpacing prior year, considering that you're missing over a week of public land hunting and the reduced limit. Season length was reduced by 22% and harvest quota by 33%. You'd expect harvest #s to correlate with that. The fact that it's not, suggests that either: 1) the cuts weren't deep enough, 2) more hunter participation, or 3) the population isn't really that bad after all...

The harvest numbers would be much lower if they would've addressed decoys in the new regs. They didn't so here we are.
As far as your bullet points go, I would agree with #2 not #3.

 

[Gut_Pile]

Or maybe with gobblers getting 12 more days to breed and not be messed with, maybe they are much more receptive to calls?

Not saying that's the case, but it might have something to do with it.

 

[01Foreman400]

Thanks for posting this every year.

 

[Dupree]

The harvest numbers would be much lower if they would've addressed decoys in the new regs. They didn't so here we are.
As far as your bullet points go, I would agree with #2 not #3.

If I get bored enough I’ll look at Bama numbers from week 1 in 2021 and 2022 since decoys were illegal for the first 10 days.

 

[ssramage]

Or maybe with gobblers getting 12 more days to breed and not be messed with, maybe they are much more receptive to calls?

Not saying that's the case, but it might have something to do with it.

Very well could be. The challenge with so many variables changing at once is that we won't know a true cause-effect of any one thing.

 

[Riverrat84]

I’m might make myself sound stupid because I was too lazy to read through every post. Someone may have already brought this up. I mostly keep up with the public land harvesting data, is Jake harvest more than normal or about par. I see a couple WMAs with pretty high numbers of jakes killed? I’m not bashing anybody for doing so. Could have been a first turkey for somebody or just accident. It happened to me once, but wasn’t intentional. But some of these public lands are 50/50 Jake to gobbler kills. Just curious.

 

[Gut_Pile]

18 days in

6,493 checked in

360 per day

On pace for 16,593

 

[Gut_Pile]

I’m might make myself sound stupid because I was too lazy to read through every post. Someone may have already brought this up. I mostly keep up with the public land harvesting data, is Jake harvest more than normal or about par. I see a couple WMAs with pretty high numbers of jakes killed? I’m not bashing anybody for doing so. Could have been a first turkey for somebody or just accident. It happened to me once, but wasn’t intentional. But some of these public lands are 50/50 Jake to gobbler kills. Just curious.

Not a stupid question. Last year on April 15 there had been 902 jakes checked in with 143 of them being on public. This made up 8.48% of total harvest

This year, on April 18, there have been 770 jakes checked in, with 75 of them coming from public. This makes up 11.85% of total harvest.

While the overall # is down, we have had 13 less days of season. On a typical year the state usually kills somewhere around 1300 jakes. I imagine that the overall number is down, but percentage of total harvest is up

Typically, when the jake harvest percentage is up, the following year will be above average.

 

[six]

If I get bored enough I’ll look at Bama numbers from week 1 in 2021 and 2022 since decoys were illegal for the first 10 days.

That would be interesting.