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With as much rain we have had in the last week and beyond it is going to be a struggle

I have heard from two people today about poults. One said two hens had a number of poults run onto my new land. Other said he saw a hen with 12 poults behind his house at a different property. Hoping they make it through this

Got a hen with poults in my garden any time I go.down there. She keeps them hid in the weeds and I don't know how many are left, but she picked a good place to keep them. They should be close to flying age.

Had two hens with 19. They all flew but a few poults didn’t fly well. In the same field a gobbler strutting with a hen. I’m still seeing gobblers with hens and they’re strutting usually.

Finally got my first pic of some poults.

Nice! They are enjoying that clover patch!

I didn’t get a pic, but I saw 2 hens with 6-7 poults yesterday in Jefferson County.

Nice

Worked in Ocala, Florida the first 2 weeks of June and saw a bunch of poults down there. I have seen one poult and lots of lone hens since I have got back home. Have heard a few people say they have seen some decent sized hen & poult groups in hale county.

Had some on camera yesterday. two diff ages in the group and 3 hens

Got a couple poults on camera over the weekend

I just watched the Gamekeeper episode where they are studying poults, it was a great show, amazing that their were some that were strutting at a week old! Also fun watching them eating bugs!

Saw 2 hens with poults yesterday in Pickens county. Looked like each had 2 or 3 but couldn’t stop to get a good look.

Got a pile of them this year. I have a 7 ac summer plot that’s mostly waist high sorghum and they are in it constantly. See them about every day on our evening ride around

I haven’t seen any in a few weeks. I do have several lone hens, which is a little disappointing.

Finally saw some poults this morning while spraying. Have a couple of plots with heavy stands of horse nettle and since the Q Clover is still active decided to hit with 2,4D. The poults were in the plot and hunkered down in the crab grass/watergrass. They flushed as a drove up, at least 5 a little larger than a chicken.

I saw my first group of poults yesterday after I mowed an area for chufa. There was at least 10 about the size of a pheasant. They were able to fly really well. They were in the freshly mowed plot when I came back through heading to the truck.

I saw my firsy yesterday, one hen 4 poults, good sized!

I ran a nice bunch out of a chufa patch yesterday when I was spraying it. I didn't get a look at the whole flock, but there were at least 2 different sizes and all them could fly well. I'll probably get a better look at them eventually.

Got my first poult pics of the year!

Finally saw some at my place near the house. Was afraid we had a total nest failure this year. Looked like 2 hens and 8 or more young turkeys. Jumped them out of a Chufa plot regen from last year so didn’t get a good look at them.

They showed up again yesterday afternoon. How old do y'all think they are?

In addition to the first group, which I’m guessing are 6 weeks old, I saw another hen with a brood I’m guessing is about a week old. They were maybe 3” tall and there was about 6 in that group. There was another hen with her, no idea if she has any or not. So I’ve gone from expecting a total recruitment failure to seeing 2 different broods today.

The block of pines where I saw the youngest brood was first thinned last year and hopefully gets a burn in the next 9-10 months. Also planning some disking and spraying in some nearby areas to further improve the habitat.

I was texted from two different landowners pics/videos of 6 in one and 10-15 poults in a video in another. Both are places I hunt so I’m very happy lol

This morning in central Ms!

I’m getting tons of pictures of hens with no poults. I had one pic in early June of a handful, but none since. Doesn’t look like I had much survival this year.

I've seen way more than I expected to with all the rain

Too wet. Too dry. Who knows. Rain is not necessarily a problem for poult survival.

Avian predators starting with crows when they are still in the egg, crows and Coopers Hawks as poults then owls as adults. It’s a wonder any make it to adults.

Looks like 6-7 of them have made it so far

I saw 7 hens and 19 poults this morning.

I had that situation last year, a ton of poults that made it to basic adulthood. Not sure what happened though as this year I had the same 4-5 hens as usual but no poults. Hopefully they are around and just good at avoiding my cameras or found greener pastures.

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but turkey’s disperse differently than deer. The Jenny’s disperse and the Jake’s hang around.

Here’s a pic of the poults I saw in early/mid July. Thinking it had to be a 2nd nest attempt with a hatch late June or early July. You may have to zoom to see them.

Definitely had to be a second nest as small as they are 👍

I had a pic this week with 11 hens and zero poults. Disappointing.

Been seeing a ton the last few weeks

Caught polt leaving road while running traps