May not be much to some

But it’s improvement for me. Don’t get me wrong the turkey hunting still sucks but hopefully it’s heading the right direction now.

I’ve deer hunted this property for 10 years but 2 years ago I got turkey rights on it. In the last 10 years it was rare to see a hen with poults. I can’t control how the timber is managed and I can’t control the high water/flooding…. But…. For the last 2 years I only killed one gobbler per season and I have trapped hard from the beginning of February till after nesting season and it looks like I may be starting to see some benefits from it. Ive seen more hens with poults this year than I’ve seen in the previous 9 combined.

From Feb 2020 - July 2022
Hogs: 541
Coons: 311
Possums: 17
Coyotes: 16
Bobcats: 8
Skunk: 2

Heck yeah that's some impressive numbers..

Very impressive - nice story

I’d call that excellent progress. Keep up the good work

Yessir

No doubt 👍🏻👍🏻

Just wondering do you feed corn? I am beginning to think feeding corn in the nesting season is a death sentence for poults.

I know that was a lot of hard work trapping. Well done!

WOOHOO!!

Way to go!!


Fruits of your hard work are seen!


God Bless,
David B.

Hogs do more damage to turkeys than a lot of folks realize. Way to go.

Thats a bunch of hogs and coons! How many acres?

No. The only corn on the property is in hog traps.

thanks for your reply bayedup, I wish more turkey hunters wouldn't use corn for deer because it is hurting our turkeys..

The coons, possums, and predator traps were all concentrated around the 400 acres of the property with the most turkey activity/nesting habitat. The hogs have been spread out over 3000 acres or a little more since I’ve been trapping for the neighbors also but the large majority of the hogs came from 3 trap sites in the same 400 acres of turkey habitat.

Dang good work.

Now that's a beautiful sight. Nice work!

The density of coons in a lot of areas is really eye opening! That 400 acres being a prime example. But I'm just as impressed with removing that many hogs. Thats a ton of food saved for the other critters and less chance of other wildlife being displaced. Great job!

Very nice! There was a time when all those varmints would have been worth enough money to make it worth your trouble from a financial view. Says a lot that you are willing to work that hard just to benefit the turkeys.

You must not have killed your dominant gobbler or else there wouldn't be a single poult on your place

Awesome.

That's a great job.

That is a great job. Good for you

Good job I need to start just ain't made it a priority...everybody and there brother ask me for permission but all they wanna do is coyote hunt at night

On average it usually takes 3 seasons of hard trapping to see a real turnaround in your turkey population
Keep up the good work

I saw three hens with four poults this week. I was pretty excited about that. Just mighty proud to see them multiplying at all.

That’s awesome. I’m hoping to start doing the same at my land this year. It’s just hard to trap like you do when I live 1/1/2 hours away

It’s a hour and a quarter for me so I can only trap when I’m off or on nights. I use cell cameras for the hog traps to save on fuel but it’s a pain and expensive when I’m running all the coon and coyote traps checking daily.