Spooked Hen

2nd Calling

Six Pointer
Just curious, spooked a hen from her nest today...I left the area immediatly...will she return or is the area compromised in her mind?
 

hawglips

Old Mossy Horns
Sometimes, spooked hens won't return to the nest - according to biologists. But it depends. The earlier in the cycle, the higher the chance she won't return. In the first week, it's high. If in the last week, it's pretty low. Repeated disturbance increases the chances she'll abandon, even if you only disturb the vegetation around the nest.

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gobbler

Eight Pointer
If everytime a hen got spooked off her nest she didn’t return there wouldn’t be any little turkeys, one year there was one nested at the end of a turn around in a community spot, heck everbody in camp had a story about this hen, one guy had actually walked over to the log she was nested against to use the bathroom and got quite a startle
 
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