Turkey population decline

[G-Man]

Good article on why the decline and the pressure hunters put on biologists  to make seasons easier though the change would be detrimental 

https://www.fieldandstream.com/conservation/declining-turkey-populations?utm_medium=social&utm_source=Facebook

 

And the new Pennsylvania study..

https://trib.al/lVUzc9z

Edited January 21, 2022 by G-Man

[Kmartinson]

Our flocks are thriving, i see multiple flocks over 20 birds each, and a couple smaller Batchelor groups of larger birds also. We are on the fringes of a small city with some private protection zones.

  I do however think the biggest Predator to the turkeys on our lease is the growing population of fisher cats. I have seen multiple fishers around roost trees the last few springs. I suspect they climb up the trees as well as attack the nests. I have sent my take home trapping test in hopes of taking a stab at them next season. To protect our flock we usually take 1 bird from our lease and try to get 1 bird from public land. We also have a few kids that come for youth season.

[WNYTRPR]

6 minutes ago, Kmartinson said:

Our flocks are thriving, i see multiple flocks over 20 birds each, and a couple smaller Batchelor groups of larger birds also. We are on the fringes of a small city with some private protection zones.

  I do however think the biggest Predator to the turkeys on our lease is the growing population of fisher cats. I have seen multiple fishers around roost trees the last few springs. I suspect they climb up the trees as well as attack the nests. I have sent my take home trapping test in hopes of taking a stab at them next season. To protect our flock we usually take 1 bird from our lease and try to get 1 bird from public land. We also have a few kids that come for youth season.

Fisher are just another added predator to the Turkey population no doubt .

[E J]

This was the first year in 10 that I've lived at my house that I didn't have a resident flock of turkeys hanging behind my house. It seemed quite strange to not see any all season long.

[Gobbler Chaser]

It's gotten really bad around me in lower Ulster county. Think I was out once last spring. Nothing around here. Completely gone and they were crawling all over my property 5-7 years ago. I didn't see any during deer season so that tells me there's not a lot to look forward to this spring. Sucks, I just keep hoping they'll come back as quickly they disappeared