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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5891939" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>This exactly... once turkeys got wiped out 10 years ago, they just don't recover in thise areas. Turkeys don't distribute themselves across the landscape to repopulate void areas like deer. A flock of turkeys may venture out a mile or so from their spring home range to as late nesting hens to get away from the early nesters (which pulls toms with them), but they aren't going much more than a mile from their core area in the spring if all their needs are met in their core area. This is why folks who shot out or lost their birds for whatever reason their in the mid 2010s don't have any now. Sure, there may be a huge flock 10 miles away, but those birds might as well be on the moon.</p><p></p><p>The key is figuring out what is so good about those pockets that still have turkeys. I wish I could figure that out. I have seen the same thing in every state I've hunted in the past 5 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5891939, member: 2805"] This exactly... once turkeys got wiped out 10 years ago, they just don't recover in thise areas. Turkeys don't distribute themselves across the landscape to repopulate void areas like deer. A flock of turkeys may venture out a mile or so from their spring home range to as late nesting hens to get away from the early nesters (which pulls toms with them), but they aren't going much more than a mile from their core area in the spring if all their needs are met in their core area. This is why folks who shot out or lost their birds for whatever reason their in the mid 2010s don't have any now. Sure, there may be a huge flock 10 miles away, but those birds might as well be on the moon. The key is figuring out what is so good about those pockets that still have turkeys. I wish I could figure that out. I have seen the same thing in every state I've hunted in the past 5 years. [/QUOTE]
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