Cicadas...... the silver lining

[Huntaholic]

They havent got here quite yet but Im sure its just a matter of days before they start making things unbearable with the noise. Im hoping the silver lining is that the turkey poults IF WE HAVE ANY, will have a bountiful feast on them. A young turkeys diet is well over 90% insects while an adult bird is 90% vegative material. Without insects, a poult doesnt hardly have a chance at survival.

 

[tellico4x4]

Came to camp in southern Wayne Co yesterday evening & immediately noticed how quite it was. Not a peep here but getting cranked up good in NW Bama 50 miles away

 

[MickThompson]

I've seen them around Cookeville but nothing on the west side of Putnam... not yet anyways

 

[Wrangler95]

None here in Clay Co!!

 

[younggun308]

I would also think it positively affects poult survival by giving some predators something else to eat.

 

[Doecrusher]

Don't know about the poults but the squirrels been wearing them out around here with the birds...

Here's a pic from my boat trailer today...

 

[megalomaniac]

Just a few here today in Southern middle TN. Not as many as I expected to hear when I came up from south MS

 

[ttf909]

The noise is incredible.

 

[nwsg76]

This was from bird killed last week. Most were still alive...

 

[th88]

I would also think it positively affects poult survival by giving some predators something else to eat.

That is likely the biggest impact. Strong correlation between cicadas and good hatches among various states in the past decade when large emergences have happened.

 

[megalomaniac]

Just a few here today in Southern middle TN. Not as many as I expected to hear when I came up from south MS

Well, what a difference a day makes! Noise is absolutely deafening now. Can't hear anything outside. The buggers have exploded here.

 

[Bell3wv]

None in NE TN.

 

[Gravey]

They're here in southern Rutherford county. Noise isn't as loud as I remember but it is nonstop. Running the weedeater today they kept landing on me.

 

[thirdwilliam]

been loud in northern Rutherford and Southern Wilson for a week or so . I kind of like it

 

[PalsPal]

I've seen them around Cookeville but nothing on the west side of Putnam... not yet anyways

Heard some in two different neighborhoods in Cookeville on Saturday.

 

[Bone Collector]

Yeah hopefully the floods didn't wipe out all the nests and we have some poults that can benefit.

They're here in Murfreesboro. I know the last time they had a big hatch like this I ended up killing a turkey the following weekend. I had seen the cicadas in an area thick. Someone mentioned turkeys like to eat them, so I went on the next chance I got and the turkeys were there. Open the feed sac and it was packed full of nothing but cicadas.

 

[Cody91]

They havent got here quite yet but Im sure its just a matter of days before they start making things unbearable with the noise. Im hoping the silver lining is that the turkey poults IF WE HAVE ANY, will have a bountiful feast on them. A young turkeys diet is well over 90% insects while an adult bird is 90% vegative material. Without insects, a poult doesnt hardly have a chance at survival.

My brother and I are camping out for the last day of our season. As soon as we started to set camp, we noticed the cicadas not only singing but emerging in front of us. This was Sunday morning, they're in full swing here. I've never seen a freshly hatched cicada before, these things are crazy.
Wish us luck, if either of us get a gobbler we will be over the moon.

 

[Bgoodman30]

Oh yeah decent numbers in Mid TN. Not as many as I remember in the past. Saw a bunch of birds standing around an oak tree looking up the other day.

 

[Creek bottoms]

I haven't seen any in Humphreys County yet. I hope we get them.

 

[Gravey]

I haven't seen any in Humphreys County yet. I hope we get them.

I was in Waverly Sunday at my parents and we started talking about them. They and my brother said they hadn't seen or heard any there. Weird how their timing is different from place to place.