[Hawk]

I had these pics sent to me yesterday. Can someone tell me what this hen turkey was nested in??

 

[Beards-n-Spurs]

Hmmmm Predation

 

[Mailman]

Looks like she was smack dab in the middle of a brush hog path or a hay bailer.

 

[wiser1]

****le burs

 

[BC-Buck]

I have that same looking turkey. With 80+ acres of NWSG to nest in she chose fescue waterway separating grain fields. Eggs looked like at least two more weeks before hatched. Was hens second nesting attempted. Next year im going to try to get all spraying done by end of April.

 

[PHhunter]

Looks like wheat

 

[GPS]

I would agree either winter wheat or bearded barley

 

[Mailman]

Looks like something that could have waited a few more weeks to be cut.

 

[Wings Fan 19]

Twitching the top water lure for a Henryfish.

 

[20']

like mailman said, looks like she was nested in the path of an implement

 

[trapperBR549]

2 different turkeys

 

[Hawk]

2 different turkeys

Pretty sure it used to be like 9 different turkeys...

 

[20']

Pretty sure it used to be like 9 different turkeys...

guys who count like you are why birds average age is a day

 

[Hawk]

guys who count like you are why birds average age is a day

You dont think there were 8 eggs or more there?

 

[20']

there was a fair amount for sure.

 

[Hawk]

This bird must have been carrying her eggs with her in a basket cause everyone knows turkeys dong nest in wheat...

 

[CRE10]

Looks like something that could have waited a few more weeks to be cut.

Why?

 

[CamoNinja]

Definitely needed another year. #DinkTurkey

 

[CamoNinja]

Any EVERYBODY knows you can’t cut any nesting habitat until June 15 at the earliest. It’s in the NRCS plans. Every TRUE conservationist knows these things. Sometimes you have to makes sacrifices to put wildlife as a priority.

 

[wiser1]

Not all straw /hay bailers hunt ....