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Turkey Population Decline - The data I think we need
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<blockquote data-quote="poorhunter" data-source="post: 5617552" data-attributes="member: 16537"><p>I definitely agree that the problem for the turkey decline cannot be habitat loss and/or predators. We've all seen masses of turkeys in suburbia that make us drool. Nest raiders have always been around in pretty much the same numbers since turkey restoration efforts. I understand the temptation to think that maybe it's chicken poop, but there are lots of areas with zero chicken poop being used that have lost their turkeys and lots of areas that use chicken poop that have increased in turkeys. Pesticide use is the same thing. Whatever the problem is has to be ubiquitous across vast areas no matter what state you are in. I haven't looked, but I wonder what states are seeing a steady or increasing population, if any, and what may they be doing that is possibly key. </p><p>Too long of a season with too high of a limit with too many advances to make killing easy cannot be smart conservation.</p><p></p><p>I worry that there is something that is causing infertility in either hens or toms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="poorhunter, post: 5617552, member: 16537"] I definitely agree that the problem for the turkey decline cannot be habitat loss and/or predators. We’ve all seen masses of turkeys in suburbia that make us drool. Nest raiders have always been around in pretty much the same numbers since turkey restoration efforts. I understand the temptation to think that maybe it’s chicken poop, but there are lots of areas with zero chicken poop being used that have lost their turkeys and lots of areas that use chicken poop that have increased in turkeys. Pesticide use is the same thing. Whatever the problem is has to be ubiquitous across vast areas no matter what state you are in. I haven’t looked, but I wonder what states are seeing a steady or increasing population, if any, and what may they be doing that is possibly key. Too long of a season with too high of a limit with too many advances to make killing easy cannot be smart conservation. I worry that there is something that is causing infertility in either hens or toms. [/QUOTE]
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