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<blockquote data-quote="scn" data-source="post: 4762521" data-attributes="member: 1859"><p>No one knows what has caused the drop in population. There is an ongoing study that hopefully will shed some light. My best guess is that it is a combination of multiple factors.</p><p></p><p>One of the things that, IMO, is happening to TN's turkey population as well as several other surrounding states deals with the "restoration phenomena". It has been documented in many restored populations for a variety of animals that after restoration populations tend to grow to a large and unsustainable level. Basically, they grow beyond their natural carrying capacity. At some point, the population declines to their carrying capacity. I'm convinced we have seen some of that in TN.</p><p></p><p>But, that doesn't explain the drastic drops we have seen in some of our county turkey populations. IMO, disease had to play a role in the tremendous change. Did it originate from your chicken houses down there? Maybe, but, some counties that are hundreds of miles from a chicken house have seen some drastic drops as well. Hopefully the study will have some ideas on the causes and maybe some potential cures. Lets hope they don't say it was caused by the chicken houses as we all know that they aren't going away.</p><p></p><p>My best guess from being around it for a long time both professionally and as a hunter is that it has been a combination of disease, increased predation, asinine hunting regulations that have led to over hunting, and likely herbicide/pesticide changes in farming practices. I don't think any of the above are "THE" reason for the drop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scn, post: 4762521, member: 1859"] No one knows what has caused the drop in population. There is an ongoing study that hopefully will shed some light. My best guess is that it is a combination of multiple factors. One of the things that, IMO, is happening to TN's turkey population as well as several other surrounding states deals with the "restoration phenomena". It has been documented in many restored populations for a variety of animals that after restoration populations tend to grow to a large and unsustainable level. Basically, they grow beyond their natural carrying capacity. At some point, the population declines to their carrying capacity. I'm convinced we have seen some of that in TN. But, that doesn't explain the drastic drops we have seen in some of our county turkey populations. IMO, disease had to play a role in the tremendous change. Did it originate from your chicken houses down there? Maybe, but, some counties that are hundreds of miles from a chicken house have seen some drastic drops as well. Hopefully the study will have some ideas on the causes and maybe some potential cures. Lets hope they don't say it was caused by the chicken houses as we all know that they aren't going away. My best guess from being around it for a long time both professionally and as a hunter is that it has been a combination of disease, increased predation, asinine hunting regulations that have led to over hunting, and likely herbicide/pesticide changes in farming practices. I don't think any of the above are "THE" reason for the drop. [/QUOTE]
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