Rhino Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 After 2 consecutive years of bad hatches in Mississippi things are sure looking up this year. So far every weekend I've been out and about scouting for the upcoming bow season I've seen multiple hens with polts. I didn't hardly see any of the little ones last summer. Fortunatley 3 years ago we had a record hatch in the area I do most of my turkey hunting. We started seeing polts at the end of April and the ones I saw this past weekend are getting pretty big now. Looks like we should have plenty of gobblers sounding off in a couple of years. Keeping my fingers crossed now that most of them make it to be adults. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbeard Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Re: Recruitment Lookin Good! Good news to hear.....hope they make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Re: Recruitment Lookin Good! That is great news! Last year I saw only one poult and it was about the size of the egg it hatched out of. This year, actually just last weekend, I busted a flock of 2 hens with about 30 poults. I sat down on the spot and started soft calling with my diaphragm and had momma almost run into me. She then saw me, putted and her and her poults flew off. The poults were about the size of a chicken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Re: Recruitment Lookin Good! That's great news Rhino...so when can I come hunt with you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted July 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Re: Recruitment Lookin Good! [ QUOTE ] That's great news Rhino...so when can I come hunt with you? [/ QUOTE ] Ya mean a swap hunt, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Re: Recruitment Lookin Good! Sounds like some good sign . Over the weekend I seen 3 hens running together with little ones everywhere. I would bet there was at least 40 to 50 poults with the hens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Re: Recruitment Lookin Good! [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] That's great news Rhino...so when can I come hunt with you? [/ QUOTE ] Ya mean a swap hunt, right? [/ QUOTE ] Sure, works for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted July 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Re: Recruitment Lookin Good! Gus that's a lot of little ones coming up in the ranks. You should hear a lot of gobbling activity in the coming years. Tracy, we'll have to see how our schedules look come next spring. Who knows, maybe we can work it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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