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PGC begins full scale wild turkey trap and transfer to repopulate wild turkeys in Pennsylvania
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PGC Wild Turkey Biologists Jerry Wunz and Arnie Hayden doing several wild turkey population, habitat, research projects
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Spring gobbler season started in 1968 with one week, expanded to two weeks in 1972, three weeks in 1975, four weeks in 1984
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Escalating and improving turkey trap and transfer both in-state and out-of-state in the 1970's-1980's-1990's
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Closing turkey game farm in 1980
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Established turkey management areas [TMA] in 1985
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Continuing use of wild turkey in-state trap and transfer
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Expanded or reduced fall season lengths 3 times since 1990 to improve wild turkey populations due to bad winters, bad spring hatch, bad recruitment
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New turkey hunting blaze orange regulation changes in the early 1990's
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Reduced blaze orange regulation changes in 1995
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Improving turkey hunting safety portion of PGC HTE course, adding turkey hunting safety questions to HTE test in 2001
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Wild turkey transfers into southeast Pennsylvania to complete PGC wild turkey restoration program 2000-2003
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Defining and completing TMA 7B wild turkey research project on Michaux State Forest as a requirement from TMA 7B Wild Turkey Task Force, partially funded by PA Chapter NWTF - $82,000. Now called WMU 5A Management Unit - WMU 5A Wild Turkey Task Force
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Closing fall turkey hunting seasons in TMA 9A in 2001; WMU 5A, WMU 5B [TMA 9B] in 2003
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Northeastern states commissioned development of a regional wildturkey population model in 2001
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PGC completes turkey hunter survey to determine hunter attitudes, characteristics, and satisfaction in 2001
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Record number of wild turkey in Pennsylvania in 2001, 410,000 estimated state-wide population
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Use of manmade blinds to hunt turkeys is legal in 2002
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PGC permit required prior to releasing game-farm pen raised turkeys, to help eliminate release of game-farm turkeys
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PGC modified blaze orange recommendations in 2002-3003 defeated
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Wild turkey management now accomplished using 22 Wildlife Management Units starting 2003
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Closed WMU 5A [TMA 7B] to fall turkey hunting in 2003, recommendation from Wild Turkey Task Force
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Research continued on WMU 5A to determine turkey usage of herbaceous openings on Michaux State Forest
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State-wide second spring gobbler tag in 2006, 8,040 licenses tags sold, legislation passed, governor signed in 2004
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State-wide gobbler leg band study in 2006, first year completed of 4 year research project, funded by NWTF
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Mentored Youth Hunting Program signed into law turkey hunting starts in 2007 spring gobbler season
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