Strut10 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Just a little while ago I looked out the kitchen window and saw turkeys crossing the field in back of the house. There were 6 mature hens...............and no little ones. That don't look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 no it doesnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntnMa Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 thats a real bummer.....hope you start seeing more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrswtnhunt Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Several weeks ago we started seeing some hens with lots of little ones. Now it seems like every time we see the hens there are fewer and fewer little ones with them. A real bummer no doubt. We have a bad yote problem here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireStrut Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 We are having that same problem here. What a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrj3514 Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 sounds like its time for a little operation preadator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Yep, think the yotes were/are working on them pretty hard here Don. Sure the bobcats are not helping numbers either. I am pretty sure the yotes we were hearing up beside the house at the edge of my neighbors field were ambushing poults. I saw a crap load of them with like 6 hens over there about a month ago after coming out of the middle of the woods where I shot at a yote with my shotgun. We had been seeing a group of 3 or 4 hens with about 30 poults pretty regular along the woods in the backyard, the number of poults has been less and less here lately, yesterday we saw 4 hens and only about 12 poults with them. Guess the poults are a bit easier pickins for the yotes and understandably targeted. Been a bit too hot to yote hunt here, but I did try last Saturday morning with no luck. Next time I get out, thinking I may try my hen decoys in the field and some light turkey calling, but it is going to have to cool down a bit before I get back out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 I got a few trail cam pics the other day with a bunch of little ones, those are the first ones I have seen all year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 I haven't seen a turkey since turkey season ended. We had a really wet spring and buffalo gnats really really really bad. I think they wiped out a good part of the poult population unfortunately. I hope things aren't as bad as they look for anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest b&c191 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 I finally saw some young birds yesterday about 12 to 14 with 2 hens. It was really wet here in the early summer and alot of us were worried about poult mortality. Also saw several other groups that ran off too quickly to get a good look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildside Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Interesting read - and the problem sounds to be not in just one area. Last year we had a total of 16 little ones (in two separate groups), and this year we've only seen 5. Time to weed out the coyotes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Hope things start to look better. Our populations of Rio's, Merriams and Easterns are all doing good as far as I know. I think next spring is supposed to be a big harvest year. Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Well it sure is different here. I've gotten multiple trail cam pics of hens with polts. A fair amount of gobbler pics too. I've already gotten more trail cam pics of turkeys than I got from mid summer through winter last year. Seen plenty of hens and little ones too. Overall it looks like we had a great hatch in my neck of the woods this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longbeardfever4ever Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Just a little while ago I looked out the kitchen window and saw turkeys crossing the field in back of the house. There were 6 mature hens...............and no little ones. That don't look good. Believe it or not, we had a HUGE coyote population this summer, but today i saw 3 brood hens with over 30 poults! looks good around here! hope it shapes up where u live:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKYhunter Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 I've seen tons of poults here in eastern KY. We had some dry Spring weather which is just what they need when they are just hatchlings. Do you think weather plays a role in your lack of sightings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowtechTurkeyHunter Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Double hatch this year on our place we have some many Turkeys its fun to see ... last year we had a double hatch too Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 Double hatch this year on our place we have some many Turkeys its fun to see ... last year we had a double hatch too Steve Really.....would have thought with all that rain it would have been hard on the hatch. Good for you it wasn't bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtBowhunter Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 We've had an unbelievable year for poults this year. I'm curious......could it be that the poults are already off on their own? I know they've grown quite large around here already and they're going off on their own. Seen some alone in our fields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bachflock Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 You're right, it doesn't look good. However, no reason to abandon hope. I've seen a group of hens on the edge of a field with not a poult in sight. 10 minutes later there were at least 20 poults - they had been hiding in the tall grass I assume. Those buggers sure know how to hide out. Maybe thats what you ran into? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.