Great podcast guys. It was.very informative & educational. As a avid turkey hunter I'm glad to seeing this research done. Keep up the good work & keep the.podcast coming as science based info becomes available. Eddie Joiner, Western Ky. 1:11:43
Always love to hear Dr. Harper. He is the man when it comes to habitat management. I wish the state would produce a chart that showed the ideal dates for mowing, burning etc. that would benefit nesting and brooding. Thanks again for the podcast!
Thank you for a wonderful podcast. I’m s firm believer in the idea if you set back season dates on public land you better turn it to a lottery draw property for the simple fact you just created 2 opening days in that state and people will flock to game lands for fresh birds after the season has been in for 2 weeks on private land.
If you only have an hour to learn everything about successfully managing wild turkeys this is the best video I've listened to on the subject. Thank you Dr. Lashley, Dr. Gulsby and TFT for everything you're doing to persevere the resource we all love. Also thank you Dr. Harper for sharing all of your knowledge!
Great video! I appreciate what you guys are doing. Maybe I missed it, but what is the survival rate of a poult once it learns to fly? Also, what's the survival rate of an adult turkey overall from one year to the next?
Has anyone studied the affects of using chicken manure as fertilizer?? Here in NW TN chicken barns are prevalent and more farmers are using the manure. We’ve gone from seeing hundreds of turkeys to very few. Any thoughts??
This was a great discussion. Thankyou! I'm a former trapper, and I've always believed that turkey populations nationwide have taken a huge hit from ground predators, not to mention raptors. I haven't trapped for at least 10 years, mainly because of the very low fur prices. Raccoon was our mainstay. A guy could at least cover his gas and equipment costs back then fairly easily and still make a little extra. I hate to say that the reason most guys trap is for the money, but I feel that's the main reason. I was no different. Don't get me wrong, I loved trapping. It was my passion for many years. My question is: How do we get guys to begin trapping again since making any money at it is pretty much out the window? Even though we know that trapping can play a part in increasing our turkey population, I just feel like it's going to be very hard to convince guys to start trapping again without the motivation of money earned for fur. I wish that wasn't the case, but it's true. Nine out of ten former trappers will say, "It doesn't even pay to trap anymore because ya can't even pay for your gasoline." My next question is: For those of you who are trapping, what are you doing with the furs? In my state of Iowa, a trapper can catch well into the 100s of raccoon fairly easily, and I'd love to do that again. I mean, a guy can't just toss a couple hundred raccoon in the ditch and call it good. I'd love to see some sort of bounty offered by state agencies for ground predators, but I'm sure it would cause a tremendous uproar by the animal rights groups, who would put pressure on our state officials. Oh, and has anyone else noticed the what appears to be a huge increase of hawks, eagles, falcons? I see a redtailed hawk on nearly every one mile stretch of roadway nowadays. I'm betting they take a big tole on turkey poults. Very interesting discussion. I'm greatfull for biologists like you all who are passionate about keeping the wild turkey population flourishing.
Great content and learned quite a bit in an hour. Thank y’all for producing this! Hope to put some of this knowledge to use here in Georgia soon. Thanks again and God bless!
I started trapping nest predators, and trapping and killing feral hogs 3 years ago. I’m starting to see some population increases. This year I’ve began doing some burning, if we could get everyone to do the same we could make a huge difference. Thanks for all the work y’all do!
JS, you’re exactly right. If everyone starts doing what they can on land they manage we’d all have Turkeys For Tomorrow! It’s our job as an org to bridge that gap between scientists and land managers. The goal of this podcast is to provide the wonderful research conducted on turkeys so you all can make your acreage better for the wild turkey. Thanks for listening!!!
Love y’all. However laughing bout the black panther joke isn’t laughable. I been in the woods since I was a kid. Born in the Appalachian mountains. I’m 41 and I know what I seen several years ago. It was 100% a big black cat. If I was by myself I would question was my kind playing tricks on me. My wife watched it with me in the Pisgah. How it got there idk but it was there. Thanks for the information!
there needs to be something done about the pest removal from metro areas that get relesed further upstate -i have no evidence except about 100 trail cameras but pretty sure its going on here in NYS there are too many racoons etc all over , turkeys have no chance, every year i see hens with poults that keep disapering and almost cant find any young turkeys in the fall there is no other reason except predation on eggs and poults i here in hudson valley NY there were so many turkeys like 20 years ago and now there is maybe 20 percent of that
Thank you
Great podcast guys. It was.very informative & educational. As a avid turkey hunter I'm glad to seeing this research done. Keep up the good work & keep the.podcast coming as science based info becomes available. Eddie Joiner, Western Ky. 1:11:43
Great information.
great podcast.Thank you for the information
Wow! Excellent episode. How did I miss this one for a whole year?
Always love to hear Dr. Harper. He is the man when it comes to habitat management. I wish the state would produce a chart that showed the ideal dates for mowing, burning etc. that would benefit nesting and brooding. Thanks again for the podcast!
David, thanks for the comment and thanks for listening!
Thank you for a wonderful podcast. I’m s firm believer in the idea if you set back season dates on public land you better turn it to a lottery draw property for the simple fact you just created 2 opening days in that state and people will flock to game lands for fresh birds after the season has been in for 2 weeks on private land.
good info! thanks!
Rodney, thanks for giving it a listen!
If you only have an hour to learn everything about successfully managing wild turkeys this is the best video I've listened to on the subject. Thank you Dr. Lashley, Dr. Gulsby and TFT for everything you're doing to persevere the resource we all love. Also thank you Dr. Harper for sharing all of your knowledge!
Thanks for listening Steven, we thought this was a great episode too!
@BLT Taxidermy you comment everywhere and ur always so burnt up. You got one hell of a chip on your shoulder
Great video! I appreciate what you guys are doing. Maybe I missed it, but what is the survival rate of a poult once it learns to fly? Also, what's the survival rate of an adult turkey overall from one year to the next?
Better late than never. The limit in TN should have been changed 10 yrs ago. Four was absolutely too many.
Has anyone studied the affects of using chicken manure as fertilizer?? Here in NW TN chicken barns are prevalent and more farmers are using the manure. We’ve gone from seeing hundreds of turkeys to very few. Any thoughts??
What do y'all feel the effects of neo-nics on the population has been?
This was a great discussion. Thankyou! I'm a former trapper, and I've always believed that turkey populations nationwide have taken a huge hit from ground predators, not to mention raptors. I haven't trapped for at least 10 years, mainly because of the very low fur prices. Raccoon was our mainstay. A guy could at least cover his gas and equipment costs back then fairly easily and still make a little extra. I hate to say that the reason most guys trap is for the money, but I feel that's the main reason. I was no different. Don't get me wrong, I loved trapping. It was my passion for many years.
My question is: How do we get guys to begin trapping again since making any money at it is pretty much out the window? Even though we know that trapping can play a part in increasing our turkey population, I just feel like it's going to be very hard to convince guys to start trapping again without the motivation of money earned for fur. I wish that wasn't the case, but it's true. Nine out of ten former trappers will say, "It doesn't even pay to trap anymore because ya can't even pay for your gasoline."
My next question is: For those of you who are trapping, what are you doing with the furs? In my state of Iowa, a trapper can catch well into the 100s of raccoon fairly easily, and I'd love to do that again. I mean, a guy can't just toss a couple hundred raccoon in the ditch and call it good.
I'd love to see some sort of bounty offered by state agencies for ground predators, but I'm sure it would cause a tremendous uproar by the animal rights groups, who would put pressure on our state officials.
Oh, and has anyone else noticed the what appears to be a huge increase of hawks, eagles, falcons? I see a redtailed hawk on nearly every one mile stretch of roadway nowadays. I'm betting they take a big tole on turkey poults.
Very interesting discussion. I'm greatfull for biologists like you all who are passionate about keeping the wild turkey population flourishing.
Our lease in Wayne Co is in this study. Trapping has been taking place for the last few years. It’s good to hear some of the results of this study.
That’s for watching William!
Great content and learned quite a bit in an hour. Thank y’all for producing this! Hope to put some of this knowledge to use here in Georgia soon. Thanks again and God bless!
Travis, thank you for watching. New episodes are being produced weekly!
I started trapping nest predators, and trapping and killing feral hogs 3 years ago. I’m starting to see some population increases. This year I’ve began doing some burning, if we could get everyone to do the same we could make a huge difference. Thanks for all the work y’all do!
JS, you’re exactly right. If everyone starts doing what they can on land they manage we’d all have Turkeys For Tomorrow! It’s our job as an org to bridge that gap between scientists and land managers. The goal of this podcast is to provide the wonderful research conducted on turkeys so you all can make your acreage better for the wild turkey. Thanks for listening!!!
Love y’all. However laughing bout the black panther joke isn’t laughable. I been in the woods since I was a kid. Born in the Appalachian mountains. I’m 41 and I know what I seen several years ago. It was 100% a big black cat. If I was by myself I would question was my kind playing tricks on me. My wife watched it with me in the Pisgah. How it got there idk but it was there. Thanks for the information!
there needs to be something done about the pest removal from metro areas that get relesed further upstate -i have no evidence except about 100 trail cameras but pretty sure its going on here in NYS
there are too many racoons etc all over , turkeys have no chance, every year i see hens with poults that keep disapering and almost cant find any young turkeys in the fall
there is no other reason except predation on eggs and poults i
here in hudson valley NY there were so many turkeys like 20 years ago and now there is maybe 20 percent of that