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poults all summer so far. Usually see a few by now even though August is when I really start seeing them. Saw a group or six hens yesterday feeding in a mowed field with zero poults.
 
I haven't seen many hens at all which tells me they're keeping their poults pretty well hidden. I've seen a few hens here and there with no poults and a few gobblers. It's hot out and they like the shade this time of year. I have seen a few poults but not very often. Usually October is when I get a better idea of the hatch.

If all you've seen is those 6 hens, that's not a bad sign if you usually see a lot more. Give it time


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Spotted my first poults this morning in Rutherford


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Haven't been to our place enough to know. 2 weeks of trailcam pics revealed no poults (about 4 hens). Will check again the weekend of 8/1. Agreed ph - August is when I start seeing them in our parts
 
I had a few on my properties initially at quail size. They have since disappeared and it's just
Lone hens now. I did see one hen with one poult yesterday on some public.
 
Have a saw a lot of turkey this summer along the MS/TN line, but very, very few poults. I keep track of my sightings and right now I'm at less than 0.5 pph for July. It'll increase come August, but i've saw more poultless hens than ever.
 
I just saw 3 or 4 hens with what looked like a dozen or so poults. Hard to count heads in the soybeans but I'll watch the video on the big screen later and see.


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Been seeing the same 6 hens pretty much daily still no poults. Saw four gobblers yesterday afternoon. We've had a big decline 4 years ago but was getting better each year till this year. This (so far) is less than half of what I saw after the bottom fell out 4 years ago.
 
Even though I never saw a turkey on the farm in Hickman County, during the season, I've been seeing a hen with 4 large poults everytime I'm out there here recently. These are getting large enough they're hard to distinguish from the adult.
 
I've seen several hens, with poults but no more than 3 poults with each. I'm thinking there's more hens with poults, we ain't seeing staying in the woods.
 

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Looking forward to the velvet hunt to see what recruitment I got. I am a little nervous, as we chopped up 7 hens and 9 nests total on 60 acres during 1st hay season.

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I have one hen around the house that had six. I only see five the last few days so i am assuming one was lost to the yotes... Also had some breeding in late June so i am anxious to see if some more show up soon.
 

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Best year we have had in 10 yrs for poults. Saw one hen the other day that had at least 12-15 half grown with her! Surely there was another hen that I didn't see, or something happened to her. Lots of pics of babies on various sections of property as well.

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Looking like a pretty decent hatch in Lawrence county. There were 3 hens with 13 half grown poults in my yard the one day this week. I'm hearing reports of others seeing several poults here lately.


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