According to Craig Mortimore, Upland Game Staff Biologist for the Nevada Department of Wildlife, these are some recent wild turkey releases in the State of Nevada:
Merriam's Subspecies:
Big Wash-Hidden Canyon Ranch in White Pine County: 11 toms and 47 hens.
Silver Creek Ranch in White Pine County: 23 toms and 27 hens.
Total of 34 toms and 74 hens.
Donor source: Lewiston in the Idaho Panhandle and Treasure Valley in Nampa, Idaho.
Rio Grande Subspecies:
Highland Range-Water Canyon in Lincoln County: 10 toms and 40 hens.
Delamar Mountains-Riggs Spring in Lincoln County: 7 toms and 34 hens.
Battle Mountain-Tomera Ranch in Lander County: 15 toms and 35 hens.
Lahontan State Recreational Area: 11 toms and 25 hens.
Verdi: 1 tom and 2 hens (Sent to a release site in Verdi to associate with what is believed to be the last survivor of a 1996 turkey release at the Belli Ranch).
Total of 44 toms and 136 hens.
Donor source: Cross Timbers region in the vicinity of San Angelo, Texas.
