Go kill every coon and possum that you can from a piece of property you can and see if you have more poults..
Predator control is huge in nesting success; but it’s a pain in the ass. It’s much easier for “those that know” to gloss over that and just try to tout their theories to lower limits
I couldn’t agree more about predation and we stay after it all year long. I was as pissed as anyone about losing a week this year and I’m not advocating a later start to the season. I think it all contributes to lower numbers and we as sportsmen have to do our best to manage now in our time so our grandchildren can have turkeys to hunt. I’m sure there was a time when nobody thought they would run out of quail to shoot.
