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<blockquote data-quote="Speedwell-Hunter" data-source="post: 5326344" data-attributes="member: 22463"><p>just found the popular science article states:</p><p></p><p><strong>The wild turkey population peaked around 2001 at around 6.7 million birds in North America. But in the years since, it has <a href="http://www.nwtf.org/hunt/article/4-wild-turkey-populations/" target="_blank">dropped</a> by about 15 percent</strong>. The eastern wild turkey—the most abundant subspecies, which reigns east of the Mississippi River—appears to be declining across parts of the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest.</p><p></p><p>In New York, hunters in the western part of the state were the first to notice the difference. "They were saying, there's just not as many turkeys around as there used to be," Schiavone says.</p><p></p><p>Under the right circumstances, turkeys can lay plenty of eggs and see many of their progeny survive to adulthood. But wildlife biologists in Pennsylvania are often counting only two young turkeys per hen making it to the fall, Casalena says. "They're barely replacing themselves."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Speedwell-Hunter, post: 5326344, member: 22463"] just found the popular science article states: [B]The wild turkey population peaked around 2001 at around 6.7 million birds in North America. But in the years since, it has [URL='http://www.nwtf.org/hunt/article/4-wild-turkey-populations/']dropped[/URL] by about 15 percent[/B]. The eastern wild turkey—the most abundant subspecies, which reigns east of the Mississippi River—appears to be declining across parts of the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest. In New York, hunters in the western part of the state were the first to notice the difference. "They were saying, there's just not as many turkeys around as there used to be," Schiavone says. Under the right circumstances, turkeys can lay plenty of eggs and see many of their progeny survive to adulthood. But wildlife biologists in Pennsylvania are often counting only two young turkeys per hen making it to the fall, Casalena says. "They're barely replacing themselves." [/QUOTE]
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