Spring turkey harvest / Georgia
Georgia Spring Turkey Harvest by County
Hunters reported 12,629 spring turkeys across Georgia's 159 counties in 2026 (sum of the county figures). The top three counties were Floyd County (372), Hancock County (279) and Burke County (266). Source: Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division.
Data through the 2026 spring season. Dataset generated 2026-10-10. Basis: hunter-reported harvest. Every one of the 159 counties has its own page: click a county for year-by-year counts and the agency source for each season.
All 159 Georgia counties, ranked by 2026 harvest
| Rank | County | 2026 harvest | 5-season avg | Avg rank | Per 100 sq mi | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Floyd County | 372 | 283.6 | #1 | 72.97 | +21.6% |
| #2 | Hancock County | 279 | 196.6 | #5 | 59.23 | +35.1% |
| #3 | Burke County | 266 | 228.8 | #3 | 32.16 | -14.6% |
| #4 | Bartow County | 254 | 227 | #4 | 55.35 | +4.9% |
| #5 | Polk County | 253 | 246.2 | #2 | 81.52 | +3% |
| #6 | Jasper County | 247 | 149.4 | #14 | 67.05 | +9.8% |
| #7 (tied) | Jones County | 213 | 132.2 | #19 | 54.07 | +18.8% |
| #7 (tied) | Walker County | 213 | 188.6 | #6 | 47.73 | +8.8% |
| #9 | Gordon County | 207 | 186.2 | #7 | 58.07 | +41.3% |
| #10 (tied) | Fannin County | 175 | 153.6 | #12 | 45.2 | +7.3% |
| #10 (tied) | Washington County | 175 | 149.6 | #13 | 25.79 | -3.9% |
| #12 | Screven County | 173 | 164.6 | #9 | 26.79 | -1.2% |
| #13 | Chattooga County | 171 | 135.8 | #17 | 54.58 | +27.4% |
| #14 | Union County | 169 | 167.6 | #8 | 52.23 | +28.9% |
| #15 | Harris County | 156 | 123.2 | #23 | 33.63 | -2.9% |
| #16 | Laurens County | 153 | 156 | #11 | 18.95 | -17.9% |
| #17 | Gilmer County | 151 | 161.6 | #10 | 35.43 | +12.4% |
| #18 | Colquitt County | 149 | 126.6 | #22 | 27.24 | +61.3% |
| #19 | Putnam County | 145 | 113.8 | #27 | 42.07 | -4.9% |
| #20 | Emanuel County | 144 | 135.2 | #18 | 21.16 | +9% |
| #21 (tied) | Greene County | 141 | 109.2 | #29 | 36.39 | -17.7% |
| #21 (tied) | Troup County | 141 | 112 | #28 | 34.06 | -4.1% |
| #23 | Wilkes County | 138 | 106.2 | #30 | 29.39 | -20.6% |
| #24 | Murray County | 136 | 128.2 | #20 | 39.48 | +15.6% |
| #25 | Lumpkin County | 132 | 128.2 | #20 | 46.9 | +19.6% |
| #26 | Cherokee County | 131 | 141.2 | #15 | 31.12 | 0% |
| #27 | Dodge County | 130 | 139.2 | #16 | 26.21 | -2.3% |
| #28 | Haralson County | 125 | 121.8 | #25 | 44.3 | -4.1% |
| #29 | Carroll County | 121 | 102.2 | #32 | 24.24 | +25% |
| #30 | Ware County | 120 | 91.8 | #40 | 13.34 | +28.9% |
| #31 | Meriwether County | 119 | 91.4 | #41 | 23.76 | -22.2% |
| #32 | Bulloch County | 117 | 100.8 | #34 | 17.31 | +20.5% |
| #33 (tied) | Thomas County | 114 | 96.8 | #36 | 20.93 | +15.1% |
| #33 (tied) | Warren County | 114 | 85.6 | #49 | 40.09 | +4.9% |
| #35 | Paulding County | 111 | 121.2 | #26 | 35.53 | -2.2% |
| #36 | Monroe County | 106 | 81.2 | #55 | 26.76 | -4.8% |
| #37 (tied) | Pickens County | 105 | 122.8 | #24 | 45.25 | +29.9% |
| #37 (tied) | Wilkinson County | 105 | 96.6 | #37 | 23.37 | +27.3% |
| #39 (tied) | Jefferson County | 104 | 98.2 | #35 | 19.75 | +2.4% |
| #39 (tied) | Lowndes County | 104 | 85.4 | #50 | 20.92 | -11.4% |
| #39 (tied) | Rabun County | 104 | 84.4 | #52 | 28.1 | +7% |
| #42 (tied) | Dade County | 102 | 88.8 | #44 | 58.6 | +53.2% |
| #42 (tied) | Whitfield County | 102 | 74.8 | #62 | 35.12 | +38.6% |
| #44 (tied) | Appling County | 101 | 75.6 | #60 | 19.87 | +15.6% |
| #44 (tied) | Heard County | 101 | 92.8 | #39 | 34.12 | +9% |
| #46 | Worth County | 99 | 93.6 | #38 | 17.35 | +7.8% |
| #47 | Effingham County | 98 | 103.4 | #31 | 20.46 | +7.7% |
| #48 | Brooks County | 96 | 86 | #47 | 19.47 | +25.8% |
| #49 (tied) | Grady County | 95 | 86 | #47 | 20.9 | +30.9% |
| #49 (tied) | White County | 95 | 86.4 | #45 | 39.46 | +13.8% |
| #51 | Talbot County | 93 | 101.8 | #33 | 23.76 | -35.8% |
| #52 (tied) | Coffee County | 92 | 71.4 | #65 | 15.53 | +18.2% |
| #52 (tied) | Telfair County | 92 | 79.8 | #57 | 21.04 | +3.4% |
| #54 (tied) | Charlton County | 91 | 84 | #53 | 11.67 | +90.6% |
| #54 (tied) | Early County | 91 | 81.2 | #55 | 17.75 | +34.6% |
| #54 (tied) | Stewart County | 91 | 81.4 | #54 | 19.84 | -1.6% |
| #54 (tied) | Tattnall County | 91 | 91.4 | #41 | 18.93 | +15.9% |
| #58 | Habersham County | 89 | 76.8 | #59 | 32.15 | -13.4% |
| #59 | Baldwin County | 85 | 68.6 | #69 | 32.86 | +6.9% |
| #60 | Hall County | 83 | 69 | #68 | 21.15 | +1.7% |
| #61 | Mitchell County | 81 | 71.2 | #66 | 15.82 | +33.5% |
| #62 | Oglethorpe County | 80 | 89.6 | #43 | 18.22 | -31.9% |
| #63 | Wilcox County | 78 | 65.8 | #72 | 20.65 | -0.5% |
| #64 (tied) | Marion County | 77 | 69.8 | #67 | 21.05 | +18.7% |
| #64 (tied) | Towns County | 77 | 75.2 | #61 | 46.22 | +22.3% |
| #66 | Bryan County | 76 | 60.6 | #82 | 17.37 | -26% |
| #67 | Clinch County | 75 | 63.4 | #79 | 9.2 | +62.2% |
| #68 | Taylor County | 73 | 65.2 | #74 | 19.38 | -19.5% |
| #69 | McDuffie County | 72 | 55.8 | #90 | 27.97 | +1.3% |
| #70 (tied) | Jenkins County | 71 | 58.6 | #85 | 20.44 | -31.3% |
| #70 (tied) | Taliaferro County | 71 | 54.4 | #94 | 36.48 | -14.4% |
| #72 (tied) | Brantley County | 70 | 67.2 | #70 | 15.79 | +26.9% |
| #72 (tied) | Randolph County | 70 | 84.8 | #51 | 16.35 | -11.6% |
| #72 (tied) | Toombs County | 70 | 64.8 | #76 | 19.23 | -7.4% |
| #75 (tied) | Dawson County | 69 | 86.2 | #46 | 32.73 | -6.2% |
| #75 (tied) | Decatur County | 69 | 77 | #58 | 11.55 | -35% |
| #75 (tied) | Elbert County | 69 | 59.8 | #84 | 19.65 | -21.8% |
| #75 (tied) | Wayne County | 69 | 64 | #77 | 10.75 | -19.3% |
| #79 | Wheeler County | 68 | 56.6 | #88 | 23.01 | -21.5% |
| #80 (tied) | Berrien County | 67 | 74.4 | #63 | 14.78 | -4.8% |
| #80 (tied) | Johnson County | 67 | 65.8 | #72 | 22.11 | -5.3% |
| #82 (tied) | Catoosa County | 65 | 47.6 | #103 | 40.08 | +46.5% |
| #82 (tied) | Macon County | 65 | 63.4 | #79 | 16.22 | +5% |
| #84 | Lincoln County | 64 | 43 | #110 | 30.42 | +34% |
| #85 | Morgan County | 62 | 63.8 | #78 | 17.85 | +11% |
| #86 (tied) | Echols County | 61 | 45.8 | #105 | 14.51 | +22% |
| #86 (tied) | Glascock County | 61 | 43.8 | #107 | 42.44 | +6.2% |
| #86 (tied) | Irwin County | 61 | 60 | #83 | 17.21 | +24.1% |
| #89 (tied) | Butts County | 60 | 48.6 | #100 | 32.66 | -25.9% |
| #89 (tied) | Camden County | 60 | 57 | #87 | 9.52 | -7.1% |
| #89 (tied) | Upson County | 60 | 62.8 | #81 | 18.55 | -24.7% |
| #92 | Coweta County | 59 | 58.6 | #85 | 13.38 | -13.5% |
| #93 | Sumter County | 58 | 51.4 | #96 | 12.01 | -7.9% |
| #94 | Liberty County | 56 | 73.2 | #64 | 10.84 | -25.1% |
| #95 (tied) | Columbia County | 54 | 55 | #92 | 18.61 | -9.4% |
| #95 (tied) | Crawford County | 54 | 65 | #75 | 16.62 | -34.1% |
| #95 (tied) | Dooly County | 54 | 53.8 | #95 | 13.75 | -9.3% |
| #95 (tied) | Twiggs County | 54 | 67 | #71 | 15.03 | -11.4% |
| #99 | Candler County | 53 | 48.2 | #101 | 21.81 | -14.7% |
| #100 | Pulaski County | 52 | 50 | #98 | 20.86 | -4.6% |
| #101 (tied) | Bacon County | 51 | 48 | #102 | 17.95 | +37.3% |
| #101 (tied) | Montgomery County | 51 | 55.8 | #90 | 21.15 | -3.8% |
| #103 | Pierce County | 50 | 54.8 | #93 | 14.69 | +28.9% |
| #104 | Lee County | 49 | 43.2 | #109 | 13.77 | +14.9% |
| #105 (tied) | Cook County | 48 | 36 | #119 | 21.01 | +45.8% |
| #105 (tied) | Houston County | 48 | 40.6 | #115 | 12.76 | +6.4% |
| #105 (tied) | Jeff Davis County | 48 | 56.2 | #89 | 14.51 | -27.4% |
| #108 (tied) | Clay County | 47 | 51.2 | #97 | 24.05 | +18.2% |
| #108 (tied) | Glynn County | 47 | 40.4 | #116 | 11.2 | -17.7% |
| #110 (tied) | Atkinson County | 45 | 31.2 | #125 | 13.13 | +20.9% |
| #110 (tied) | Banks County | 45 | 47.2 | #104 | 19.34 | -11.9% |
| #110 (tied) | Turner County | 45 | 45.8 | #105 | 15.77 | -23.2% |
| #113 | Treutlen County | 44 | 40.8 | #114 | 22.06 | +8.5% |
| #114 | Dougherty County | 43 | 31.8 | #123 | 13.08 | +2% |
| #115 | Long County | 42 | 43.6 | #108 | 10.49 | -29% |
| #116 | Terrell County | 40 | 49.2 | #99 | 11.91 | +18.6% |
| #117 | Bleckley County | 38 | 38.8 | #117 | 17.6 | -22.4% |
| #118 (tied) | Ben Hill County | 37 | 35 | #120 | 14.79 | -12.3% |
| #118 (tied) | Stephens County | 37 | 41 | #112 | 20.69 | -16.6% |
| #120 (tied) | Crisp County | 36 | 31.4 | #124 | 13.2 | -14.5% |
| #120 (tied) | Lamar County | 36 | 34.4 | #121 | 19.62 | -27.9% |
| #120 (tied) | Richmond County | 36 | 32.8 | #122 | 11.1 | -10.2% |
| #123 | Baker County | 35 | 28.4 | #128 | 10.24 | +28.9% |
| #124 (tied) | Calhoun County | 34 | 41 | #112 | 12.13 | +5% |
| #124 (tied) | Newton County | 34 | 41.4 | #111 | 12.42 | -34.7% |
| #126 | Evans County | 33 | 36.8 | #118 | 18.04 | -25.2% |
| #127 (tied) | Chattahoochee County | 28 | 28.8 | #127 | 11.26 | -43.4% |
| #127 (tied) | McIntosh County | 28 | 26.2 | #130 | 6.49 | -23.8% |
| #129 | Schley County | 27 | 23.4 | #137 | 16.18 | -2.7% |
| #130 (tied) | Douglas County | 26 | 22.8 | #138 | 12.99 | -14.8% |
| #130 (tied) | Fulton County | 26 | 24 | #136 | 4.93 | -7.8% |
| #132 (tied) | Lanier County | 25 | 28 | #129 | 12.72 | +2.5% |
| #132 (tied) | Tift County | 25 | 29.8 | #126 | 9.58 | +3.7% |
| #134 (tied) | Jackson County | 23 | 25.2 | #132 | 6.77 | -9.9% |
| #134 (tied) | Madison County | 23 | 20.2 | #140 | 8.15 | -41.1% |
| #134 (tied) | Miller County | 23 | 24.8 | #134 | 8.14 | -18.4% |
| #137 | Webster County | 22 | 21.8 | #139 | 10.49 | -19% |
| #138 | Hart County | 21 | 25.4 | #131 | 9.04 | +4.4% |
| #139 | Pike County | 19 | 24.8 | #134 | 8.79 | -35.2% |
| #140 | Bibb County | 18 | 18 | #144 | 7.22 | +2% |
| #141 (tied) | Oconee County | 17 | 19.4 | #142 | 9.22 | -38.5% |
| #141 (tied) | Walton County | 17 | 25 | #133 | 5.2 | -41.7% |
| #143 | Franklin County | 16 | 16 | #147 | 6.12 | -41.9% |
| #144 (tied) | Henry County | 15 | 19.2 | #143 | 4.71 | -60.3% |
| #144 (tied) | Muscogee County | 15 | 17.4 | #146 | 6.93 | -39.7% |
| #146 (tied) | Rockdale County | 13 | 11.4 | #150 | 10.01 | -40% |
| #146 (tied) | Spalding County | 13 | 20 | #141 | 6.63 | 0% |
| #148 | Clarke County | 12 | 7 | #156 | 10.06 | -7.4% |
| #149 | Peach County | 11 | 9.6 | #153 | 7.32 | +50% |
| #150 (tied) | Barrow County | 10 | 9 | #155 | 6.21 | +31.6% |
| #150 (tied) | Quitman County | 10 | 17.8 | #145 | 6.61 | -28.8% |
| #152 (tied) | Forsyth County | 9 | 9.6 | #153 | 4.01 | -33.3% |
| #152 (tied) | Seminole County | 9 | 13.4 | #148 | 3.79 | -35.2% |
| #154 | Chatham County | 8 | 9.8 | #152 | 1.85 | -32.5% |
| #155 | Fayette County | 7 | 11.4 | #150 | 3.6 | -28.6% |
| #156 | Cobb County | 6 | 12 | #149 | 1.77 | +123.1% |
| #157 | DeKalb County | 3 | 2.8 | #157 | 1.12 | n/a |
| #158 | Clayton County | 2 | 2 | #158 | 1.41 | n/a |
| #159 | Gwinnett County | 1 | n/a | n/a | 0.23 | n/a |
How these numbers are built
What is counted. Spring turkey harvest by county, counted as hunter-reported harvest. Series 2016 to 2026 (11 seasons).
Rank method. Competition ranking: tied counties share the lowest rank and the next rank is skipped (1,1,3).
5-season average. The mean of 2022 to 2026, shown only for counties with a value in all five seasons.
Share of state total. A county's count divided by the sum of all Georgia county counts in 2026.
Per 100 sq mi. The harvest count divided by Census land area, times 100.
Trend. The latest 3 seasons compared with the 3 seasons ending 10 seasons earlier, or with the first 3 seasons when the series has fewer than 13 seasons. Each county page gives both windows.
What it does not show. Harvest counts are not hunter success rates and not a measure of how many turkeys live in each county.
Data note. Gwinnett, Clayton and DeKalb counties have no reported figure in some seasons. A missing season is not a zero.
Data note. Birds reported without a county count toward the state total only.
Seasons, bag limits and legal methods change. Check Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division for the current turkey regulations before you hunt.
The full Georgia paper
For the statewide story behind these counts, read the Georgia spring turkey paper.
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