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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5057357" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>You need to understand turkey reproductive behavior..</p><p>The EARLIER you cut hay the better.</p><p></p><p>When you cut hay early in middle TN, the birds have just started setting and will abandon their eggs when the MoCo starts running. Sure you lose the nest, but the hen lives and has a chance to renest.</p><p></p><p>Get into June, and hens are in their 3rd week of incubation. Once they have been setting for more than 21 days, they are NOT leaving their nest. Not to eat, not to drink, and not to flee the MoCo. So the hen gets chopped up along with the eggs. Much greater loss.</p><p></p><p>Trust me, as someone who loves turkeys more than anyone else, you just can't ask farmers to give up their livelihood.</p><p></p><p>As far as the 3 bird limit, it's just pissing in the wind. As ive said before here on multiple occasions, a limit is irrelevant if killed after the hens are bred (IF you protect jakes). But keep shooting birds before the majority of hens have been bred, and don't be surprised why populations decline.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5057357, member: 2805"] You need to understand turkey reproductive behavior.. The EARLIER you cut hay the better. When you cut hay early in middle TN, the birds have just started setting and will abandon their eggs when the MoCo starts running. Sure you lose the nest, but the hen lives and has a chance to renest. Get into June, and hens are in their 3rd week of incubation. Once they have been setting for more than 21 days, they are NOT leaving their nest. Not to eat, not to drink, and not to flee the MoCo. So the hen gets chopped up along with the eggs. Much greater loss. Trust me, as someone who loves turkeys more than anyone else, you just can't ask farmers to give up their livelihood. As far as the 3 bird limit, it's just pissing in the wind. As ive said before here on multiple occasions, a limit is irrelevant if killed after the hens are bred (IF you protect jakes). But keep shooting birds before the majority of hens have been bred, and don't be surprised why populations decline. [/QUOTE]
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