Originally Posted by turkey247
Originally Posted by hamma
I'll agree on the loss of habitat highly contributing to the problem. Uncle & I have a 1650 acre turkey lease in clark county that has been very good Turkey woods for many years. Landowner scalped (600acres) the place this past summer. Have only heard 2 birds gobble this season on the neighboring property.


1650 acres. Formally had turkey. Now you have 600 acres out of 1650 that is clean from a summer 2020 harvest.

The cutting ain’t the problem this year. Try again.

It won’t be great for you a couple years down the road.

But this year, that big arse CC would be a gobbler strutting magnet, like a beacon from miles away. Something else changed / happened.

We thought the same thing. We had a couple areas clearcut on our place and lots of big timber on neighboring properties were clearcut. Since then we haven’t had turkeys to hunt since. We went from having multiple gobblers to chase every time we hunted in the spring of 2016 to hearing one turkey gobble a few times in 2017 and never saw a turkey in our clearcuts. The harvesting of the big timber and herbicide sprayed on our thinned pines were the only difference in the area. I’m just a dumb coonass and no turkey biologist but it seems pretty clear to me. Changes in habitat is a big part of our lack of turkeys.

Last edited by marshmud991; 04/15/21 02:04 PM.
It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.