Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune

Hen fitted with telemetry collar to research turkey movement aboard Camp Lejeune.

Turkey Management

Male wild turkey, (aka Longbeard, Gobbler). Notice the long beard and colorful head which are common characteristics of the male. However some hens grow beards as well.

Deer image.

  Deer

Bear image.

 Bear

Turkey image.

 Turkey

Rabbit image.

 Small Game

Quail image.

Quail

Dove image.

  Dove Duck image.  Waterfowl

Fish image.

 Fish Management

Raccoon image.

 Nuisance Wildlife

Disabled sportsman image.

 Disabled Sportsmen

Tree image.

 Habitat Management

Frog image.

Non-Game Management

Eagle, globe and anchor image.

  Map Phone image.  Contacts
 

Eastern Wild Turkey 

    The eastern wild turkey has been a prominent feature of Camp Lejeune’s game management program for three decades.  Although recent annual harvests have been low, the wild turkey population remains healthy.  Management focus for wild turkey is directed at maintaining a high interspersion of forested openings with a well stocked herbaceous and low shrub understory and ensuring the quality and quantity of optimum nesting cover remains.   

    Management strategies for wild turkey are divided into three basic components:  habitat monitoring and maintenance, data collection and population census (summer brood counts, breeding season call counts, harvest data collection), and harvest management objectives.  Current practices for wild turkey management are as follows: 

·       Conduct annual spring call counts to assess potential harvest.

·       Conduct summer brood counts throughout Camp Lejeune to gauge reproductive success and survival. 

·       Continue spring gobbler hunting only.

·       Cooperate with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission on potential restocking efforts.

·       Monitor existing habitat conditions and provide for improved habitat for nesting, brood rearing, and foraging areas.

·       Coordinate enforcement of wildlife regulations with harvest and population objectives. 

·       Continue the practice of wildlife clearing plantings which provide beneficial forest openings for wild turkeys.

 

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Environmental Management Division

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

Installations & Environment Department

Last Updated:  September 26, 2002