They closed our season for five years.Man, I wish we had turkeys around here. They are some kind of fun to hunt. They have turned some loose a fews ago in the national forest, but they don't seem to survive.
Did you never have a good population of turkeys or did something happen to them. I bet the hogs get a lot of eggs.They closed our season for five years.
We had an alright population until pine plantation,that wiped them out. I had a small flock of 12 or so in my place until Rita.Did you never have a good population of turkeys or did something happen to them. I bet the hogs get a lot of eggs.
Not much for them to eat in the pines.We had an alright population until pine plantation,that wiped them out. I had a small flock of 12 or so in my place until Rita.
Guy I know that still has hard wood bottom has twenty or so on his place.
If you have time find out what variety of oak is native to your area and determine if there are turkey at present andWe had an alright population until pine plantation,that wiped them out. I had a small flock of 12 or so in my place until Rita.
Guy I know that still has hard wood bottom has twenty or so on his place.
Not really in the native forest.Guess it's too thick in the Big Thicket also even though there is some hardwoods
I think feral hogs wiped out our small remaining population.If you want more turkeys and small game, help them flourish by reducing the predators. Coons and opossums are the biggest threat to a Turkey nest full of eggs. One coon or opossum can destroy the entire nest and eggs. Multiply that times however many Turkey hens you may have and you can see how an entire new generation of birds is no more. Of the few nests that survive, the raptor birds, owls, hawks, bobcats, coyotes, feral wild dogs etc hunt the newly hatched and young birds. Predators prey on everything out there. New laws and legislation enacted now protects many of the predators and/or limits their control. Other species then suffer when the number of predators increase. If you want to change the balance in your property and if you can't do it yourself, find an experienced local trapper to help out.
Davexx1
I agree that predators are the number problem.If you want more turkeys and small game, help them flourish by reducing the predators. Coons and opossums are the biggest threat to a Turkey nest full of eggs. One coon or opossum can destroy the entire nest and eggs. Multiply that times however many Turkey hens you may have and you can see how an entire new generation of birds is no more. Of the few nests that survive, the raptor birds, owls, hawks, bobcats, coyotes, feral wild dogs etc hunt the newly hatched and young birds. Predators prey on everything out there. New laws and legislation enacted now protects many of the predators and/or limits their control. Other species then suffer when the number of predators increase. If you want to change the balance in your property and if you can't do it yourself, find an experienced local trapper to help out.
Davexx1
How does not shooting Toms increase the population?They closed our season for five years.
Turkeys really benefit from CRP acres here. There are still plenty of predators,, but I think the nests are much much harder to find.I agree that predators are the number problem.
Now with the drought going on it doesn't look good