CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS)— The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) today announced that hunters harvested 537 wild turkeys during the 2025 fall season.

The fall harvest is 52.5 percent below last year’s harvest of 1,130 birds, 38.1 percent below the five-year average (868) and 49.9 percent below the ten-year average (1,072). All counties were below their five-year average with the exception of Pendleton, Logan and Wayne.

The fall turkey harvest is influenced by hunter participation but also depends on the current year’s brood production and mast conditions. This year’s decreased harvest was likely caused by rainy conditions in the spring and early summer, which contributed to a decrease in the poult survival rate and an increase in hard mast production.

During this year

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