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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5835686" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>A large geographic area I deer hunt in Stewart County has had a declining turkey population for years.</p><p></p><p>But it's spotty, and you can too often see them congregated at a feeder in someone's backyard, and many of those killed are being killed in those backyards. And as more houses, with 2 acres, spring up around the peripheral of the bigger tracts, more turkeys spend more time at backyard feeders.</p><p></p><p>During the 2022 deer season, we all felt like there had been such good nesting success in 2022, we were destined for 2023 turkey season that might be the best in several years. Nope, it was still pathetic. Had some really good turkey hunters fail to kill a bird. I hunted hard and was very lucky to get the 1 bird I found. And, my bird had a craw so full of fresh corn, he probably couldn't fly. Never mind I was near a mile from the nearest house.</p><p></p><p>I really think the extreme cold weather in late 2022 may have killed some of our turkeys, but also many died in a few people's backyards on the opening day.</p><p></p><p>Will be interesting to see what happens now this April, as I again believe we have more than we had 2 & 3 yrs ago, albeit mostly young birds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5835686, member: 1409"] A large geographic area I deer hunt in Stewart County has had a declining turkey population for years. But it's spotty, and you can too often see them congregated at a feeder in someone's backyard, and many of those killed are being killed in those backyards. And as more houses, with 2 acres, spring up around the peripheral of the bigger tracts, more turkeys spend more time at backyard feeders. During the 2022 deer season, we all felt like there had been such good nesting success in 2022, we were destined for 2023 turkey season that might be the best in several years. Nope, it was still pathetic. Had some really good turkey hunters fail to kill a bird. I hunted hard and was very lucky to get the 1 bird I found. And, my bird had a craw so full of fresh corn, he probably couldn't fly. Never mind I was near a mile from the nearest house. I really think the extreme cold weather in late 2022 may have killed some of our turkeys, but also many died in a few people's backyards on the opening day. Will be interesting to see what happens now this April, as I again believe we have more than we had 2 & 3 yrs ago, albeit mostly young birds. [/QUOTE]
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