I may be a "voice crying in the wilderness," but I'm thankful for last year's late season opener. The reason being that this action may well have save the small turkey flock around my place from extermination. I've watched this flock go from a flock of over 50 to about a dozen birds. There are several reasons for this, but a major one is over hunting. Going into last season there were only a single tom and 2 jakes left in the flock to propagate the flock. Neither the tom or the jakes survived the season.
I watched the flock of about a dozen hens all winter just wondering how long they would live, thinking that I was watching the slow death of a turkey flock. Then yesterday, much to my surprise and elation, a small group of jakes showed up. I'm guessing the late season opener gave the lone tom and his two jake buddies enough time to take care of business. Now if I can just get the locals to lay off these jakes this year, the flock may be able to rebuild itself.
Thank you AG&FC. :thumb:
I watched the flock of about a dozen hens all winter just wondering how long they would live, thinking that I was watching the slow death of a turkey flock. Then yesterday, much to my surprise and elation, a small group of jakes showed up. I'm guessing the late season opener gave the lone tom and his two jake buddies enough time to take care of business. Now if I can just get the locals to lay off these jakes this year, the flock may be able to rebuild itself.
Thank you AG&FC. :thumb: