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<blockquote data-quote="Bone Collector" data-source="post: 4753770" data-attributes="member: 7419"><p>Thanks for the Input. I added a question in red below and a couple of comments below that. </p><p></p><p>5) The little guys can't scratch; burn areas in stands of bigger timber get rid of the thick mat of pine needles and leaves. It'll resprout in good stuff and make bugs and seeds more accessible.<span style="color: #FF0000">How do you go about doing this? I would be afraid to catch the woods on fire.</span></p><p></p><p>4) Establish clover wherever you can and encourage whatever volunteer clover is already growing. In early summer I've parted clover and it is absolutely slam full of crickets but still easier for little turkeys to navigate.<span style="color: #FF0000">I've tried and failed, but i will admit I used no equipment and tried to establish clover plots in openings int eh woods. May need to try again somewhere else. </span></p><p></p><p>6) Creating nesting areas by felling cedar trees. Especially along edges where sunlight penetrates, the "skeletons" form a sort of trellis for all manner of vines and grasses to grow up, through, and around. <span style="color: #FF0000">I've done this and piled them up in some cases, in hopes that the hens will use them. they have not. It may be because it is not on the edges of the power line easement and light doesn't penetrate well in the woods on my place (to thick). </span></p><p>7) I've lost count how many skunks, armadillos, coons, yotes and possums we've killed. What seemed to yield a little better outcome is focused predator control immediately adjacent your nesting areas. I'm blessed to have a fairly large tract to manage and it would be impossible to rid the property of every nest predator. I can however work to remove egg snatchers from those areas where I know hens are likely to nest.<span style="color: #FF0000">been doing this for a few years and finally found my first nest in an area i trap in a lot. Hopefully it pays off</span></p><p>8) I don't shoot hens...they're at the core of the baby turkey factory. Sure it makes for more competition in the spring but with a large population of hens, there's a far better chance of replacing annual mortality (or even growing your local population). <span style="color: #FF0000">Haven't shot one in years and have no plans to do so. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bone Collector, post: 4753770, member: 7419"] Thanks for the Input. I added a question in red below and a couple of comments below that. 5) The little guys can't scratch; burn areas in stands of bigger timber get rid of the thick mat of pine needles and leaves. It'll resprout in good stuff and make bugs and seeds more accessible.[color=#FF0000]How do you go about doing this? I would be afraid to catch the woods on fire.[/color] 4) Establish clover wherever you can and encourage whatever volunteer clover is already growing. In early summer I've parted clover and it is absolutely slam full of crickets but still easier for little turkeys to navigate.[color=#FF0000]I've tried and failed, but i will admit I used no equipment and tried to establish clover plots in openings int eh woods. May need to try again somewhere else. [/color] 6) Creating nesting areas by felling cedar trees. Especially along edges where sunlight penetrates, the "skeletons" form a sort of trellis for all manner of vines and grasses to grow up, through, and around. [color=#FF0000]I've done this and piled them up in some cases, in hopes that the hens will use them. they have not. It may be because it is not on the edges of the power line easement and light doesn't penetrate well in the woods on my place (to thick). [/color] 7) I've lost count how many skunks, armadillos, coons, yotes and possums we've killed. What seemed to yield a little better outcome is focused predator control immediately adjacent your nesting areas. I'm blessed to have a fairly large tract to manage and it would be impossible to rid the property of every nest predator. I can however work to remove egg snatchers from those areas where I know hens are likely to nest.[color=#FF0000]been doing this for a few years and finally found my first nest in an area i trap in a lot. Hopefully it pays off[/color] 8) I don't shoot hens...they're at the core of the baby turkey factory. Sure it makes for more competition in the spring but with a large population of hens, there's a far better chance of replacing annual mortality (or even growing your local population). [color=#FF0000]Haven't shot one in years and have no plans to do so. [/color] [/QUOTE]
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