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Hunting with the Hedge 2020-21
HH~:
Habitat is surely an issue but by and large predators are the main issue. Spraying of weed inhibitor is no good either. A bunch a us turkey hunters have had some discussions. Later season, Cancel fall season, go to one bird limit, start varmint bounty like SD has 10$ per varmint up to $500/person per year will really have an impact you could see quickly. If it works expand on it. I use to have a flock here at my place of 60-80 birds for 20yrs. Now zero every once in a while a lone hen or two. The eastern wild turkeys came from AL and MS in 70-80's and were transplanted all over eastern seaboard. Hope we can get it fixed up.
Shawn~
Allyn T:
I hope so too, I've never gotten a turkey but I'd like to. You should keep the weeds they are great for native wildlife, the stuff they don't like is cool season grasses like fescue
Outbackbob48:
Shawn, used to have lots of turkeys in Pa. lots of predators but since Fishers have moved in definite less turkeys . Game comm. claims west Nile is a bigger factor, I just know that Fishers are very efficient predator, tuff and fast, a turkey roosting is way to easy for a fisher to pass on. Bob
Digital Caveman:
My brother got a game cam video of either a martin or a fisher running after a turkey in broad daylight. It was kind of interesting, but I never found the pile of feathers. :(
HH~:
Yeah, I bet they say its west Nile. I have two water ways at my place. A creek that dumps into a big river and both are in bottom land with lots of big sycamores and hollow trees. Place is full of coons. Hundreds and we had distemper come up the river 8yrs ago and it wiped out the coons pretty good.They wandered around daylight and would tremble. Found em dead all over. After that there were so many turkeys about. Now were are over run with coon, skunk, opposum, bobcats and yotes. Fox have been killed off by coyotes for most part. We get a super hot summer we may well see that distemper on the river here again. If fur was worth something we'd be in good shape. Russian ladies are not wearing fur currently however.
This year I bring a bunch of Raccoon killer arrows to stand with me or a my 10" ruger 22lr with cb caps.
Either way Turkeys are going to be gone if we do not do something this year. I would say our TRWA commissioners will vote to sell more NR Licenses not save more turkeys. With all the state paid biologists on the payroll (think they have a specific turkey one too) they should have headed this off but they are politicians or friends of politicians. That is how they get on the wildlife board of commissioners. I will do my part. Kill over populated Varmints.
Hedge~
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