Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New Trophy's
New trophy room comments
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Classifieds
Trophy Room
New items
New comments
Latest content
Latest updates
Latest reviews
Author list
Series list
Search showcase
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Long Beards & Spurs
Turkey Population Decline - The data I think we need
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="poorhunter" data-source="post: 5617940" data-attributes="member: 16537"><p>Wouldn't this coincide with the decline in populations that are not in suburbia though? Populations are declining in all areas at the same time, across all habitat types. Where I live and hunt it is very rural, larges tracts of timber interspersed with some hay fields and pastures, with very very little row crop acreage. The population dropped off the face of the earth in the blink of an eye. In the big picture nothing has changed habitat wise at all. Small things here and there yes, but nothing that would spell the demise on the scale we saw. Turkeys are able to not only survive but thrive in many different environments (both micro and macro). From deserts to swamps, high plains to deep forests, rural to suburban…they are just plain so adaptable in so many ways to so many areas. Their diet is basically unlimited. Yes, everything in the woods wants to eat them, but everything always has wanted to eat them. What I am saying is that there is something else going on that we are just not putting our finger on. Predators, with very rare exceptions, decimate a prey population to the extent we are seeing on such a widespread basis with turkeys, by their predation. Are they a factor? Yes, of course, but that factor is a constant in the equation. I think it's way to simplistic to blame this on habitat loss and predators.</p><p></p><p>Now, I know these are my own musings, and I could very easily be way off base.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="poorhunter, post: 5617940, member: 16537"] Wouldn’t this coincide with the decline in populations that are not in suburbia though? Populations are declining in all areas at the same time, across all habitat types. Where I live and hunt it is very rural, larges tracts of timber interspersed with some hay fields and pastures, with very very little row crop acreage. The population dropped off the face of the earth in the blink of an eye. In the big picture nothing has changed habitat wise at all. Small things here and there yes, but nothing that would spell the demise on the scale we saw. Turkeys are able to not only survive but thrive in many different environments (both micro and macro). From deserts to swamps, high plains to deep forests, rural to suburban…they are just plain so adaptable in so many ways to so many areas. Their diet is basically unlimited. Yes, everything in the woods wants to eat them, but everything always has wanted to eat them. What I am saying is that there is something else going on that we are just not putting our finger on. Predators, with very rare exceptions, decimate a prey population to the extent we are seeing on such a widespread basis with turkeys, by their predation. Are they a factor? Yes, of course, but that factor is a constant in the equation. I think it’s way to simplistic to blame this on habitat loss and predators. Now, I know these are my own musings, and I could very easily be way off base. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Long Beards & Spurs
Turkey Population Decline - The data I think we need
Top