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Turkey Population Decline - The data I think we need
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<blockquote data-quote="GreeneGriz" data-source="post: 5618061" data-attributes="member: 22028"><p>I read a reply that said we've always had nest-raiders and predators and they can't be the problem. I couldn't disagree more strongly. As someone who has coonhunted and coyote hunted hard since the 1990's, there are more predators now than ever. Poult hatch rates are the lowest they've ever been. Of course weather has some effect on that, but the increase in nestraiding animals because of little hunting pressure is directly affecting the Hatch rate and surviving poults. </p><p> When you see a hen wirh 20+ poults, and 2 weeks later there are 2-3 survivors, what else can you blame?</p><p> The farms where we've decimated nest raiders and predators, we've seen the turkey population explode.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreeneGriz, post: 5618061, member: 22028"] I read a reply that said we’ve always had nest-raiders and predators and they can’t be the problem. I couldn’t disagree more strongly. As someone who has coonhunted and coyote hunted hard since the 1990’s, there are more predators now than ever. Poult hatch rates are the lowest they’ve ever been. Of course weather has some effect on that, but the increase in nestraiding animals because of little hunting pressure is directly affecting the Hatch rate and surviving poults. When you see a hen wirh 20+ poults, and 2 weeks later there are 2-3 survivors, what else can you blame? The farms where we’ve decimated nest raiders and predators, we’ve seen the turkey population explode. [/QUOTE]
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