The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) would like to remind hunters that taking juvenile male turkeys (jakes) is prohibited except for properly licensed youth 17 and under, who ...

The only way would be to have the turkey banded as a juvenile to know for sure.” A juvenile bird, by Plumpton’s definition, is a one-year-old. Which, if it’s a male, is known as a jake. Reading a leg ...

In addition to banning a form of turkey stalking commonly called reaping, the new rules prohibit turkey hunters from shooting immature male birds ... A Complete Ban on All Jake Hunting The ...

Many hunters with a lot of long-beards under their belts pass on jakes (and hens with beards), hoping for long beards and ...

A new study from researchers at the University of Georgia suggests that turkey hunting isn’t going to get any easier unless ...

That happened to 13 hunters during the 2025 turkey hunting season opening weekend in the Bayou State. Turkey season opened statewide on Saturday, April 5, and LDWF game wardens were out and about ...

A jake is defined as having a beard less than six inches and a spur less than 0.5 inch. Adult hunters may take one adult gobbler (male turkey) per day and two per season. An adult gobbler is ...