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23 more days....update 5/12
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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5616625" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Got a call from one of the UT researchers in the turkey study day before yesterday that a radio transmitted hen had begun setting on one of my farms 3 days before and was asking permission to come onto the property to triangulate her actual location to record habitat type selected, then follow her along for depredation through the incubation process. I was thrilled to meet her and show her around.</p><p></p><p>Interesting (maybe just random, but I think not), the hen chose a bench on a hardwood steep hill that just happened to be 100y away from a new 3 acre food plot I started last year. Intermittent creek running through the middle of the plot. Looks like a perfect spot to raise a family of baby turkeys!</p><p></p><p>I think she gave away WAY more information that she was supposed to, as I pinned her down on a bunch of specifics that I was most interested in... For example, at the capture site, there were 12 hens fitted with transmitters. This is the first of those 12 who has actually started setting, the others still roaming around throughout the day. I think she was expecting me to ask about whether gobblers were banded or not at the capture site, but I don't give a flip about killing a banded turkey, other than knowing for sure how many springs it survived since capture. The band itself just detracts from the natural beauty of the turkey to me. Several other things I found out I won't post, as I don't want to get her in trouble as well <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>So... fingers crossed in 23 more days she has a successful brood and raises them around the new plot!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5616625, member: 2805"] Got a call from one of the UT researchers in the turkey study day before yesterday that a radio transmitted hen had begun setting on one of my farms 3 days before and was asking permission to come onto the property to triangulate her actual location to record habitat type selected, then follow her along for depredation through the incubation process. I was thrilled to meet her and show her around. Interesting (maybe just random, but I think not), the hen chose a bench on a hardwood steep hill that just happened to be 100y away from a new 3 acre food plot I started last year. Intermittent creek running through the middle of the plot. Looks like a perfect spot to raise a family of baby turkeys! I think she gave away WAY more information that she was supposed to, as I pinned her down on a bunch of specifics that I was most interested in... For example, at the capture site, there were 12 hens fitted with transmitters. This is the first of those 12 who has actually started setting, the others still roaming around throughout the day. I think she was expecting me to ask about whether gobblers were banded or not at the capture site, but I don't give a flip about killing a banded turkey, other than knowing for sure how many springs it survived since capture. The band itself just detracts from the natural beauty of the turkey to me. Several other things I found out I won't post, as I don't want to get her in trouble as well :) So... fingers crossed in 23 more days she has a successful brood and raises them around the new plot! [/QUOTE]
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