Turkey Brood Survey….

[greg]

(from DNR )
MONITORING WILDLIFE - TURKEY BROODS: We need your help this summer! We want to know if you’ve seen hens with and without poults (young turkeys). Participate in DNR’s state-wide Turkey Brood Survey by reporting observations of wild turkey females (hens) from July 1-Aug. 31. Submitting your observations helps Indiana DNR estimate wild turkey production and wisely manage populations for future generations.

Anyone can join the conservation effort as observations are easy to submit and can be collected anywhere in the state. Get ID tips at https://bit.ly/4b1K0ps.

Make your turkey hen and brood observations count by visiting https://www.in.gov/dnr/fish-and-wil...es/animals/wild-turkey/turkey-brood-reporting

 

[patience0830]

Kill more coons and possums and there will be more turkeys.

 

[Magyars]

Kill more coons and possums and there will be more turkeys.

Add yokes to the kill list!

 

[Magyars]

We've got lots of turkey around us. See them occasionally, hear them daily. I'll have to watch more closely

 

[patience0830]

Add yotes to the kill list!

FTFY

If we tell you yokes will you laugh at us?

 

[gassprint1]

Kill more coons and possums and there will be more turkeys.

Just took out a fairly big coon the other night with my P365xl. Used my size 13 shoe to show how big he was.

 

[tcecil88]

I saw a hen with at least 2 poults yesterday on our Perry County property. First ones of the year. They were about the size of a pigeon.

 

[tcecil88]

Update! I just saw a hen with at least 10 poults by our feeder. I'm really stoked about that. I never got an exact count because I came outside and they were just there. I wasn't expecting to see them, so I wasn't paying attention. I'm gonna put a camera on the feeder tomorrow.

 

[Leadeye]

Turkey numbers have dropped a lot here in 10 years, I'm hoping that the new ground I've acquired will prove to be better habitat as the older ground is moving away from brush to forest.

 

[patience0830]

Turkey numbers have dropped a lot here in 10 years, I'm hoping that the new ground I've acquired will prove to be better habitat as the older ground is moving away from brush to forest.

Like grouse, they like heavy cover and fields transitioning to forest.

 

[greg]

Turkey numbers have dropped a lot here in 10 years, I'm hoping that the new ground I've acquired will prove to be better habitat as the older ground is moving away from brush to forest.

You say that but we have has 2 years of record harvest in the spring season!
Crazy…..

 

[Leadeye]

You say that but we have has 2 years of record harvest in the spring season!
Crazy…..

Maybe the turkeys are just moving away from here. I don't know what turkeys might consider california.

 

[gassprint1]

Took this beared turkey pic on my galaxy s9 phone at about 6:50 this morning. Was around 40 yards away even though the pic makes it look 75yards. They were strolling thru my old backyard.

 

[phylodog]

I'll participate in their turkey survey when they include the question: Are you a moron who can't tell the difference between a hen and a tom? Once they ask that question I'll know they're actually interested in a two way conversation and want something other than raw data from hunters, maybe like they're willing to listen for a change.

- or -

They can move the season up two weeks like it should be in which case I'll happily help however I can.

Until then they can count them on their own.

 

[Magyars]

3 hens and 11 poults just now in the hay field!
Reported to DNR.

 

[Magyars]

9 poults and 3 hens. I suspect this is the same flock

 

[Ballstater98]

6 regular visitors (used to be 8...coyotes) reported, and they're doing a fantastic job of cleaning up indeed the bird feeders.

 

[duanewade]

We've had 3 hens and as many as 11 young ones in our fields and woods this year. We see them more often crossing the road. Why did the turkeys cross the road? That's where the food is.