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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5353323" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Rem270, I honestly don't know that there is a "main" reason.</p><p>It's a multitude of factors.</p><p>In certain areas, some are more significant than others.</p><p></p><p>What's going on with the turkey populations is remarkably comparable to what has happened quicker with the quail. In both cases, and in most places, hunting hasn't been the main reason for these declines.</p><p></p><p>In the area of Stewart County where I killed my first wild turkey back in the 1980's, the amount contiguous wooded acreage is little changed (thousands of contiguous wooded acres). In fact, by all we're told by the turkey experts, it is now better turkey habitat than it was 35 years ago. But we had more turkeys there in the late 80's and thru the 1990's than we do now. Also in this location, human hunting was not a main factor in the decline. Not sure if there has been a "main" factor, but biggest <u>single</u> one I can see is raptor predation.</p><p></p><p>Coyotes are but one of many factors, and I don't think they're even close to a "main" factor. I'd like to get shed of every one of them, but doubt it would make much difference with the turkeys. In fact, getting rid of all the coyotes might cause an explosion in the bobcat population, resulting in even greater harm to the turkey population.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5353323, member: 1409"] Rem270, I honestly don't know that there is a "main" reason. It's a multitude of factors. In certain areas, some are more significant than others. What's going on with the turkey populations is remarkably comparable to what has happened quicker with the quail. In both cases, and in most places, hunting hasn't been the main reason for these declines. In the area of Stewart County where I killed my first wild turkey back in the 1980's, the amount contiguous wooded acreage is little changed (thousands of contiguous wooded acres). In fact, by all we're told by the turkey experts, it is now better turkey habitat than it was 35 years ago. But we had more turkeys there in the late 80's and thru the 1990's than we do now. Also in this location, human hunting was not a main factor in the decline. Not sure if there has been a "main" factor, but biggest [U]single[/U] one I can see is raptor predation. Coyotes are but one of many factors, and I don't think they're even close to a "main" factor. I'd like to get shed of every one of them, but doubt it would make much difference with the turkeys. In fact, getting rid of all the coyotes might cause an explosion in the bobcat population, resulting in even greater harm to the turkey population. [/QUOTE]
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