QBD2
Old Mossy Horns
I hate to use the term, but this has to be generationalcan you say banner hatch?
I’ve never seen this many poults, across such a tremendous swath of ground…it’s truly glorious. 2026 is gonna be
How many poults have you seen?
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I’ve never seen this many poults, across such a tremendous swath of ground…it’s truly glorious. 2026 is gonna be
turkeyfoot
Old Mossy Horns
Damn man way put pressure on an old fat man if I come up empty handed that year I'll never be able raise my head above shame. No excuses I guessI hate to use the term, but this has to be generational
Saw a few right down from the house this morning. Good size to them!
oldest school
Old Mossy Horns
My wife and I got to wait today for three hens and eight poults to single file it across the road.
17 miles from home but still a treat.
17 miles from home but still a treat.
QBD2
Old Mossy Horns
bertienchunter
Twelve Pointer
I have never seen a year where so many poults are around where I hunt. Its not even close. I have 25-30 using my sweet corn patch. I concur with QBD2, 2026 should be a helluva year.
oldest school
Old Mossy Horns
Saw some poultless hens near the big farm off the north river. Saw more turkeys than deer. I do like that trend 
The pair of adult hens with the 7 poults left here about a week ago, which is earlier than usual. The lone hen with 5 poults still comes around every day. Not sure where the bigger gang went or why? The group of 7 were at least three weeks older than the 5 poults, so they should be fine wherever they've gone. Spreading genetic diversity across the countryside is a good thing.
Jim
Jim
QBD2
Old Mossy Horns
Saw another hen with 4 this morning, been curious about that bunch all summer but they planted tobacco so not visible from the road until they pulled it.
Getting tough to tell them apart these days.
Getting tough to tell them apart these days.
Downeast
Twelve Pointer
We had 2 hens and ten poults in our front yard yesterday. I quit hunting them a few years back but enjoy seeing them on our place.
Ol Copper
Twelve Pointer
Lil Copper and I quit counting turkeys today in Union Co, SC
As QBD2 said above, they are almost to the point that you cant tell them apart, but just guessing I'd say we saw 30+ poults, and prolly 15+ mature birds. Close to 50 either way
Gives me hope for 2026
As QBD2 said above, they are almost to the point that you cant tell them apart, but just guessing I'd say we saw 30+ poults, and prolly 15+ mature birds. Close to 50 either way
Gives me hope for 2026
UncleFester
Old Mossy Horns
Up at the camp I saw a ton of turkeys in the fields. When I was hunting I had at least 19 in the field with me for over an hour. There were seven mature birds and at east 12 poults of all sizes down to three that I wasn't so sure they even had feathers. I'm guessing there was a double hatch up there with that last batch being very young.
QBD2
Old Mossy Horns
We’ve got an 18 acre field on our new farm, and it lay fallow this year. So it’s chest high rag weed in corn stubble. And it is FULL of birds. Saw a gobblers head, and he squatted when he saw us. I may have gotten out and tried to catch him
To be fair, he was probably only 10 feet when he boiled outta there!
But you get quiet, and you start hearing all the kee Kees and low yelps over the field
To be fair, he was probably only 10 feet when he boiled outta there!But you get quiet, and you start hearing all the kee Kees and low yelps over the field
Saw about 8 total in the half of the above field that I bush hogged today.,
Ol Copper
Twelve Pointer
Didnt see any poults today while roaming the SC backroads, but I sure did see the gobblers
turkeyfoot
Old Mossy Horns
No you didn't those were turkey vultures. i told you need wear those glasses
