7mminatree
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Had to unstop a drainage pipe,due to relentless rain. I found four dead turkey poults hung in the sticks and leaves. This rain is bad for them young-ins.
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That sucks.
TheLBLman
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I agree with Ruger.
And I still don't know just how good or bad was the nesting success, since I know some of the early nests were washed away by flooding. Got to have a hatch before you even have any poults.
And I still don't know just how good or bad was the nesting success, since I know some of the early nests were washed away by flooding. Got to have a hatch before you even have any poults.
I hate to hear that.
That bites. Nature can be cruel at times.
LA man
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I have not seen any this year
ive seen several good healthy bunches in the last week or so
catman529
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Haven't seen many turkeys lately so I don't know what the hatch is like here. Have seen 4 jakes that hang around behind the neighbors houses and our backyard every single day. Just today there was 1 jake gobbling and then came over to another jake, strutted and walked around the other jake several times I guess showing dominance. Have been watching their beards grow since March, it's pretty cool. Now they are so tame they will watch you from 20 yards away, so I doubt I would feel right about killing one. Hope they stick around a while so I can watch them become longbeards.
Sunday afternoon I was running some back roads. The creeks are flooded and the animals are moving out of the bottoms. I saw what appeared to be a solitary Wild Turkey hen crossing the road in front of me. My wife asked "what are those little birds behind it?". It was probably 8-10 poults crossing behind the hen. They could already fly a little. Four of them never touched the road they flapped across. It was the first time I had ever seen Turkey chicks in the wild.
Thicketmaster
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West Tn haven't seen any all year have been asking other people to no ones seen any I think it was a bad hatch this year! 
tellico4x4
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Same for us in Wayne & Hardin counties. Have not seen, or got a poult on camera all year. Have seen lots of hens together with no babies...Afraid all the rain may have gotten most of them this year.
good hatch here in northeast TN,have been seeing more than other years
I see them nearly every morning on my way home from work. One group of 3 hens has about 20 or so poult that are a little bigger than a football.
