Thread: Turkey

Originally Posted by DoyleAlley

I'm not convinced about that. There are LOTS of turkey and hogs living in the same area in both FL and Texas. Hogs are terrible about some things - but I don't think eating turkey eggs is one of them.

Here in MS hogs eat whatever they come across, including turkey eggs.


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Numbers are in the toilet here in KS and we have no hogs. First time since I started hunting them circa 1996 that I havent shot a bird.

all i know here is we went from so many turkey in flocks so large they covered fields to we rarely see them in most spots these days ,it seems to have followed the influx of hogs to me , but our quail went that way too back when and there used to be a covey in every lil weedy spot around here .
some blamed it on fire ants ,some on coons and in my case some of it is probably hogs is my guess . but at the same time i often wonder why the drastic loss in the last 15 years or so , turkey used to be nuisance animals in lots of spots and in those same spots there are zero now ?

Maybe ban together with some others, to hunt down the nuisance varmints.

My property has been enhanced for ground nesting birds since I bought it. There has been near zero reproduction. We got flooded out in 19. Shouldve been a good hatch last year but nothing. This year we had rain 23 days of may which isnt good for poults. They have noticed for years that we arent gettinf the receuitment we once were. Habitat, weather, And predators all have roles. Racoon numbers have exploded with the proliferation of deer feeders here. I definitely think that is an issue.