Poult report 2022

[Chiflyguy]

Zero in Claiborne all summer

Yeah no kidding.
Down the road from me, this one field always had a mess of turkeys.
This spring, none.
Yotes are thick in my valley.
Last year

 

[30-06 type of guy]

Saturday

 

[Kelljp]

Been watching two groups in East TN, one hen started with 8, she now has 2 .
The other group has two hens with 6 poults.
Have seen several hakes this summer.

 

[East TN Bowhunter]

Ive been seeing 2 or 3 hens with about a dozen or more poults that are getting bigger now here in the mtns of East TN. They seem to be very healthy. Also have seen 3-4 gobblers come in with them from time to time.

 

[GUNNERX2]

I see 2 hens and 8 poults daily in my backyard. They roost in a large maple and ash tree, flying up around 6:30. Earlier this week, one of the poults was practicing his gobbling and wasn't very good at it.

 

[rem270]

Haven't seen a turkey behind my house since April. The wheat that was in I feel moved them out of there. Glad to see them come back now. Hopefully they'll stick around in the spring too since I won't have wheat there again.

 

[megalomaniac]

Saw 2 groups yest morn in a fresh cut hayfield on my place. One had 3 lone hens, the other group had 2 adults and 6 juvies.

Been averaging 1 to 1.2 pph so far, way better than past few years, but still not enough to maintain overall population.

 

[Displaced_Vol]

Saw a big bunch just now down from the house. Poults looked large, I'd guess maybe 8-10 poults with a handful of hens? Honestly it was hard to get a look at all of them but it was a fair sized mess of turkeys with at least a good portion youngins. This is the first I've seen near the house or close on the farm. Likely some of the ones I saw on a neighbor earlier this summer but still good to see.

 

[Gravey]

Saw 8 hens this morning just down the road in a fresh cut field and not the first poult.

 

[megalomaniac]

Saw another group of 8 today on a different farm. I initially thought all 8 were adult hens without poults, but after studying them for a while, realized one was a jake from this spring. Early hatch and the juvies were the same size as the adults already. No idea how many of the group of 8 were poults other than the jake (wing patches obscured by the tall grass)

Also saw the hen with 9 poults beside the farm house again today... but now she is down to 8. Saw another 4 hens without any poults.

 

[DoubleRidge]

Hen with 8 to 9 poults.... smaller than mama but getting big...great to see.

 

[DeerCamp]

08/21 - 2 hens and 12 poults.

The previous time I saw them they were a lot smaller and there were 15-20. But they are getting pretty big now and can fly really well.

Last sighting was Sunday 08.28 - appeared to still be 12.

 

[Shooter77]

Got this group yesterday after seeding my plots Sunday, 4 hens and 18 or 19 poults

 

[Kelljp]

Any updated sightings of this summer's survivors. Had two hens on the farm with ten between them in June. Seen them a few days back looks like 5 made it , another hen lve been watching started with 8 but as of yesterday she has 2.

 

[deerfever]

I have seen them all over, yesterday I seen 9 more as I turned on the road to go home for Church. I have seen more this year than I ever remember. No clue why but I am just glad to see them.

 

[Bgoodman30]

Have 2 groups of poults one is 7-8 and other around 11-12 in Hickman county. Haven't seen a poult on this place in 5-6 years..

 

[BSK]

Seeing a lot more turkey on cam this year than in the last 3 or 4 years.

 

[TNMountain]

All those poults I posted 3 months ago have really grown! Been seeing them frequently since they were in my front yard. Pretty birds.

 

[Kelljp]

Fantastic!

 

[DeerCamp]

Believe this is the same group I posted late summer. Still appears to be ~12 left.

Best news - my neighbor is an avid trapper (As in, it's what he does for a living) and he has been pretty hard on the predators already.

After deer season, going to open up our property for him to run trap lines on.