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FINALLY heard a gobble!
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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5590256" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Thanks all, pretty dang happy with this one!</p><p></p><p>In reality, I think the population is UP compared to past 10 years... nowhere near the number of birds prior to 2005, but we've had 2 good hatches in a row in SE MS. The problem is birds are isolated in pockets and not evenly distributed on the landscape. I suspect 90% of the birds are in 0.1% of the landscape, 5% of the birds are on 9.9% of the landscape, and the last 5% of birds are splattered around randomly on the remaining 90%. Some noobie hunter was bragging to me about hearing 2 birds this weekend on a semi-local WMA... even dumb enough to say which road they were on. Guarantee I will be there tomorrow checking it out and putting boots on the ground hoping he stumbled into one of those pockets of birds <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>We've had this local lease just outside town for 5 years.... This was the first turkey ever killed on it. Habitat isn't great for nesting, but it isn't unusual to have several birds on it during the fall/ winter (as the deer hunters are running their corn feeders). In fact, this year, we had 9 different toms on the 1000 ac property during Dec/ Jan. Unfortunately they all left with all the hens beginning of Feb (?headed to other properties with active feeders?... prob not, prob just hens looking for better nesting/ brood rearing habitat and the toms follow off). I'm hoping we have one of those toms transition back onto the property before season ends as the hens start setting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5590256, member: 2805"] Thanks all, pretty dang happy with this one! In reality, I think the population is UP compared to past 10 years... nowhere near the number of birds prior to 2005, but we've had 2 good hatches in a row in SE MS. The problem is birds are isolated in pockets and not evenly distributed on the landscape. I suspect 90% of the birds are in 0.1% of the landscape, 5% of the birds are on 9.9% of the landscape, and the last 5% of birds are splattered around randomly on the remaining 90%. Some noobie hunter was bragging to me about hearing 2 birds this weekend on a semi-local WMA... even dumb enough to say which road they were on. Guarantee I will be there tomorrow checking it out and putting boots on the ground hoping he stumbled into one of those pockets of birds :) We've had this local lease just outside town for 5 years.... This was the first turkey ever killed on it. Habitat isn't great for nesting, but it isn't unusual to have several birds on it during the fall/ winter (as the deer hunters are running their corn feeders). In fact, this year, we had 9 different toms on the 1000 ac property during Dec/ Jan. Unfortunately they all left with all the hens beginning of Feb (?headed to other properties with active feeders?... prob not, prob just hens looking for better nesting/ brood rearing habitat and the toms follow off). I'm hoping we have one of those toms transition back onto the property before season ends as the hens start setting. [/QUOTE]
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