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Title: wonder how this weather will affect turkey populations??
Post by: mikey715 on February 02, 2011, 06:35:53 PM

What do you think?? 
                              Mike

Title: Re: wonder how this weather will affect turkey populations??
Post by: wiltznucs on February 02, 2011, 07:19:35 PM

Quote from: mikey715 on February 02, 2011, 06:35:53 PM

What do you think?? 
                              Mike

Here in FL the hurricane season was uneventful and despite some cooler Winter temps I've heard from several deer hunters that they are seeing record levels of mast production and turkeys all over the place.

Title: Re: wonder how this weather will affect turkey populations??
Post by: Shadetree Callers on February 02, 2011, 08:01:38 PM

Here in Ohio we had extremely heavy mast production and I expect a bumper crop of fatty gobblers this year !

Title: Re: wonder how this weather will affect turkey populations??
Post by: mikey715 on February 02, 2011, 08:37:11 PM

I'm wondering about all this snow,that's alot of snow to move to get something to eat..

Title: Re: wonder how this weather will affect turkey populations??
Post by: Bulldogmikey on February 03, 2011, 06:36:41 AM

Usually very little according to my reading. They are very strong and resilient birds!

Mike

Title: Re: wonder how this weather will affect turkey populations??
Post by: PA Boxcall on February 03, 2011, 12:21:49 PM

The state forest I haunt had very little mast this year, after suffering another tent caterpillar invasion through June, and an early frost which killed the apple crop.

During fall turkey season, you had to scratch your head and wonder  what they were eating in November to stay alive.

This sustained cold, deep snow events and ice will be hard on the PA / NY birds for sure.

Title: Re: wonder how this weather will affect turkey populations??
Post by: Turkeybuster on February 03, 2011, 05:12:07 PM

I agree with you John if this weather don't break within the next two weeks we could have serious problems with the birds. They seem to make it ok with the snows but this ice is a killer especially for the northern birds.

Jon

Title: Re: wonder how this weather will affect turkey populations??
Post by: Duke0002 on February 04, 2011, 10:14:15 PM

2-3 inches of hard ice has got to be tough on the birds.  Doesn't look like the ice will melt any time soon.   Farms that spread manure on fields should be prime feeding spots.

Title: Re: wonder how this weather will affect turkey populations??
Post by: muzzleman on February 09, 2011, 04:56:47 PM

I live in central pa and we have about 10" of frozen snow on ground right now. Pretty hard to scratch thru that!!  Seen about 100 birds feeding at farmers corn crib the other day. They have been around for awhile . The only problem with that is if we don't get more snow soon they won't be able to reach any more corn.

Title: Re: wonder how this weather will affect turkey populations??
Post by: shad309 on February 09, 2011, 05:29:11 PM

Quote from: muzzleman on February 09, 2011, 04:56:47 PM

I live in central pa and we have about 10" of frozen snow on ground right now. Pretty hard to scratch thru that!!  Seen about 100 birds feeding at farmers corn crib the other day. They have been around for awhile . The only problem with that is if we don't get more snow soon they won't be able to reach any more corn.

Take a sack of corn out there to trade with the farmer. You supply corn for the birds so they don't eat his....for hunting rights  ;D

Title: Re: wonder how this weather will affect turkey populations??
Post by: muzzleman on February 10, 2011, 06:40:59 AM

The farmer is my cousin ,  I thank him every time i see him, for fattining them up.  are the sacks of corn for the turkrys to stand on to get higher or to eat, you may be on to something.

Title: Re: wonder how this weather will affect turkey populations??
Post by: Porter on February 10, 2011, 08:27:30 PM

I'm wondering about that too.  We have had the ground covered for 7 days now and it melted some and froze hard :(

I need to get out to the farm and see how it is!

Title: Re: wonder how this weather will affect turkey populations??
Post by: muzzleman on February 11, 2011, 04:48:36 AM

Our ground has been covered for over a month.