Sir-diealot

Only the most dominant gobblers do the majority of the mating although subdominant gobblers and jakes will sneak in and breed a few hens.. Sent from my S30U+ using Tapatalk That is from what YOU just posted.

If you know anything about wildlife you know the female will choose the one at the top of the pecking order. That is stated in the first bit of the article. Did you listen to what I shared? Sent from my S30U+ using Tapatalk

Here is that link, very good show but long, I was about an hour in but they had not talked about it yet. https://www.themeateater.com/listen/meateater/ep-214-gobbling-your-ass-off

Sure, but anybody can shoot that well with their toes after a year. Sent from my S30U+ using Tapatalk

Oh thank you for looking. Those gifts from friends gone are some of the best. Sent from my S30U+ using Tapatalk

Looks very much like it, minus the ginger and I do not remember sodium nitrate. Sent from my S30U+ using Tapatalk

I can agree with that. Sent from my S30U+ using Tapatalk Edit: I mean I agree they fight for breeding order. I found program Chamberlain talks about it on, it was on Meat Eater. I will try to remember to link it when I get home.

I think I have seen that one actually. I do not deny they breed with more than one, of course they do, but it is mostly done by hierarchy.

You're right about holding the sperm part for sure.

I am looking for a particular issues that had a venison jerky recipe, I do not remember the issue though, just went and looked at my mount and it was taken 11/1/98 so it would be before then. I remember a lot of the ingredients, brown sugar, ginger, liquid smoke, hot sauce, pepper and Southern Comfort. Wish I could find it again, best jerky I have ever had. A friend that passed had the recipe. Well best of luck to you and just put some duct tape on that shoulder and it will be good as new.

You're first paragraph makes my argument for me. Sent from my S30U+ using Tapatalk

Believe what you wish, I have tried to explain. I saw David Copperfield make a plane disappear once.

What you think you see is not necessarily what you are seeing, he may mount her but she selects who she allows to let fertilize her eggs by the pecking order. By the way, sorry, did not mean to come off like a jerk up there.

Go argue it with the wild life biologists, as I said Mike Chamberlain covered it.

Hope somebody that needs it can get it, my gun simply hates number 5's that is why I shoot 6's

Think of what you are saying, as the dominate tom is coming in, they try to sneak in there yes, just like a subordinate buck will, but the dominate tom or buck does the majority of the breeding because he has won the pecking order and when that pecking order has been broken it has to be reestablished. This is the science of it, has been proven time and again.

I have a box of Remington Nitro Turkey 12 Guage Number 5's with 8 of 10 shells left in it. Information on the side of the box is as follows: 12 Gauge, 3 inch Length, 1210 Velocity FPS, 1 7/8 Oz. Shot, #5 Shot. I know that many are having a hard time finding ammo, so I thought I would list it here. I am not looking to make money on it, hoping to maybe find somebody with some old Turkey & Turkey Hunting magazines to trade with. (They must be in good shape and ones I do not have) I had offered it to another member here that I am also on another site with but he was set so since I can't sell them out of NY I thought I would try this. I think we should try to help one another with this craziness going on, not try to price gauge one another like I have been seeing everywhere. I am a firm believer in sportsmanship, so lets do the sportsman like thing and help one another out. Stock picture. I am going to be leaving for church shortly but will check back when I get home.

I have to finish mine, have been a bit intimidated by them, I have 2 of my 3 cuts made, I have to make the third then get it all pieced together, they are from my first turkey.

As far as I know Quaker Boy always finished their calls, may it be a flat polyurethane or something like that does not make it looks finished maybe? Whatever you do stay away from the striking portion of the lid and the rails, that will jack it up in a hurry.

I truly wish there was more research on the turkey in the Northeast, seems like the majority of it is done in the South/Southwest.

This comment has no basis to what I said.

This is not accurate, if they are down in one area and back up in another (or more accurately perceived up) is because a turkey flock will migrate to the area you think you are seeing more in if they have lost habitat or predation has increased to much in previous area. Also somebody stated above if they do not do well in the first 2 years they never will, the science says different, each year is it's own year. Another thing stated above said if the top tom gets killed they will just move to the next one down, this is also inaccurate, the fight for the pecking order happens all over again and a hen will not breed with another until that is done Mike Chamberlain covered this in another podcast not long ago. To add another study cameras showed that crows and other predatory birds are more likely to raid a nest than coon, skunk or opossum, or more likely to do it first may be a better way to put it. So add crow to your hunting list. By the way that was shown by cameras being placed viewing nests or abandoned nests with chicken eggs placed in them. Sent from my S30U+ using Tapatalk

The numbers here on this side of Yates County have absolutely plummeted, between 3 "English" families and most Mennonites in the area plowing under every tree and hedgerow in site and filling in ponds the habitat has been decimated here. Another reason you see the population going down everywhere besides habitat loss cause by many things is modern farming practices, it used to be people would not even make their first cutting of hay until around or after the Fourth of July, now you see them doing it in late may or mid June which means the nests are getting destroyed and poults are getting sucked into the machinery or simply run over or chopped up by the farming implements. The equipment is also much faster, a turkey can run 30MPH on the flat but you add all these different kinds of vegetation in their way and with the increased speed of the tractors and also how low things get cut now as compared to how it used to be and they do not stand a chance. Another thing I would like to see is more people adding food plots for turkey, you see people out the wazoo planting for deer but not many specifically for turkey. People say "Oh I am planting clover" but they are not planting the broad leave clovers that not only help the turkey to eat but they also provide a hiding place for poults from predatory birds and other predators. I know I am the odd man out here but I wish they would take away killing hens period, in both seasons, the logic of killing a hen eludes me, you kill a hen you are killing your future. I am also not opposed to a one tom limit in the Spring, but only as a 3 years study to start and make a decision after that based on the evidence of doing away with killing hens altogether and a 1 tom Spring and 1 tom Fall season. What is being done is NOT working, if you take time to listen to Mike Chamberlains interviews you will learn for the most part we are losing this fight, I would rather lose the chance at a second tom for a short period of time than to lose being able to hunt them at all for a period of time or ever.

Who cooks for you alllllllll!! Thanks, he did a very nice job. He is holding another chunk of wood for me until June so he can make me a matching crow call, I do not have the money right now and can't use the stimulus if it ever comes it because I need new glasses.

I would like it myself,(Last week of April) I think the reason it is done that way is to give the bow hunters a chance before the millions of gun hunters get out there and make it much harder. I was going to go after them with bow this year but did not like the way the shoulder is feeling yet, I know I can take a deer no problem but do not feel I am grouping well enough for a turkey.