bad hatch or just late...

[G-Man]

Got a few pics of a flock this past week... poults look pretty small im guessing at a july hatch.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Nice to see those young birds. Size does seem small for this time of the year, but considering the late spring, lucky to have any. Hope we have a mild winter.

[Geno C]

ive seen some small ones like that too about a week ago G

[Jennifer]

A flock just ran across my back yard-- first I've actually seen on my property in two years! And the poults were pretty small, like in these photos (or smaller) which suggests a late hatch.

[Big Indian]

I was talking to an ENCON officer recently, he said that the very rainy spring had a detrimental effect on the early spring hatch and there was another hatch much later in the spring than usual, hence the small poults . I saw 2 diff flocks recently which looked like the pics from "Elites" camera.

[G-Man]

sounds like their roosting close by!! another week and you can launch an arrow at them as well!!

[Deerthug]

Saw a huge Tom along the LIE by exit 70 yesterday just walking along the side of the road feeding. This guy's beard was so long it was dragging on the grass!

[landtracdeerhunter]

Opening day for the rest of the state, ( except L.I.). My son seen a flock of 11 on the 20th, two of which had red color on their heads and beards. How common is that? Good luck to all, happy turkeying. Here are some pics from last month. Like those acorns, sorry for the repeat.

Edited October 24, 2011 by landtracdeerhunter