Spring turkey season reminders: cooperator patches available, report your harvest

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Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 3, 2013

Contact:  Al Stewart, 517-373-1263, or Ed Golder, 517-335-3014 


Spring turkey season reminders: cooperator patches available, report your harvest

With Michigan’s spring turkey season now in full swing, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds hunters of two important spring turkey hunting opportunities.

2013 Wild Turkey Management Cooperator patchCommemorative 2013 Wild Turkey Management Cooperator patches are available from the Michigan Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF). Once given only to successful turkey hunters who submitted feather samples to DNR for data collection purposes, today this special patch is available to any turkey enthusiast through a partnership between the NWTF and the DNR. The NWTF took over the patch program in 2001 and worked with the DNR to incorporate a contest for youths to design the patches, which has been very successful.

 

Lauren Gamboa of Lake Orion, a freshman at Lake Orion High School, was in eighth grade when she submitted her winning design for the 2013 Wild Turkey Management Cooperator patch. The oval patch features drawings of feathers from a turkey’s breast, wing and tail on a bright green background.

 

Hunters, collectors or other wild turkey enthusiasts can order a patch by sending a $5 check and a self-addressed stamped envelope to Wild Turkey Patch Program, P.O. Box 8, Orleans, MI 48865. Youths 16 and younger can receive a free patch by mailing a copy of their spring turkey hunting license.

 

For more information on the turkey patch program, email michiganwildturkeypatch@yahoo.com.

 

The DNR would also like to remind hunters to submit their spring turkey harvest information. Although not required, reporting information about hunting experiences and success is encouraged. This information helps the DNR make scientifically supported recommendations regarding turkey harvests to the National Resources Commission.

 

To report your harvest online, visit www.michigan.gov/hunting and click on the “Wildlife Surveys and Reports” tab on the left hand side of the page.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state’s natural and cultural resources for current and future generations. For more information, go to www.michigan.gov/dnr.
 

/Note to editors: An image of the 2013 Wild Turkey Management Cooperator patch to accompany this story is available for download below./