[horntagger]

https://youtu.be/a0AesBuHfqY

Wild turkeys are facing a variety of challenges across the country, particularly in the Southeast and Midwest. Dr. Mike Chamberlain and his team are currently engaged in research to determine the cause of turkey population declines and possible remedies. Watch now to learn more about his research thus far, and what lies ahead.

 

[Bloodtrail 1]

Question for you?
Do you think that some form of avian flu has potentially spread in turkeys? My turkey population has taken a nose dive the last 3 years also. It can't be just bad weather, raccoons, and seed coatings.

 

[horntagger]

Question for you?
Do you think that some form of avian flu has potentially spread in turkeys? My turkey population has taken a nose dive the last 3 years also. It can't be just bad weather, raccoons, and seed coatings.

I believe it's all of the above. Overharvest during a decline, killing hens during a decline, un natural predator population, bird flu, avian pox, weather, habitat, highest bird of prey population in years, greed of NWTF, CFM, and the MTA pimping out the wild turkey during and ignoring the decline and putting resource last over money, refusing to making any regulations changes by MDC leadership. etc etc etc

Almost forgot when I talk habitat I not talking about what biologist are talking about - I talking about the habitat pie - That the wild turkey now has to share with wildlife that did not exist in the numbers - Armadillos, Feral Hogs, Black Bears, Elk in one area, whitetail deer.


To me it's simple -- Add something - Take Something away.


The seed coatings, pestcide, herbicide and even the habitat make me laugh. The no. 1 ag area is the bootheel in Missouri, More Seed Coatings, more pestcide and more herbicide and even less biologist approved habitat had the highest poult to hen ratio. While Mark Twain National Forest that has none of that has some of the lowest.

 

[20']

Question for you?
Do you think that some form of avian flu has potentially spread in turkeys? My turkey population has taken a nose dive the last 3 years also. It can't be just bad weather, raccoons, and seed coatings.

I believe that a strain did hit NE a couple years ago, can anyone confirm?

 

[gentleben]

I believe that a strain did hit NE a couple years ago, can anyone confirm?

I can’t confirm but my cousin talks about this all the time. Said he found a bunch of dead turkeys in fields, not shot and not eaten. This has probably been 8-10 years ago or so. Roughly….

 

[bverboy]

buffalo gnats

 

[rat]

Where can I get a piece of this habitat pie and can I get that a la mode?

 

[t-tomshooter]

Found a fresh coyote or bobcat kill on a shed hunt yesterday,we also seen a coyote and her pups haha dang they were little and cute also seen a fox on the way to the farm

 

[pinwheel]

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Found a fresh coyote or bobcat kill on a shed hunt yesterday,we also seen a coyote and her pups haha dang they were little and cute also seen a fox on the way to the farm

Not a bobcat kill, not buried.

 

[t-tomshooter]

Kinda buried and super fresh so hard telling