Too many Turkeys

[Liveliner]

I have discussed this before about my drought devastated food plots.  They are really stressed due to the absents of rain and just barely hanging on.  Being that they are brand new it is hard to get a good start.  A second threat is that wild turkeys have discovered the new young clover and is eating it as fast as it pokes out of the ground.  The turkeys have about six big dusting holes where they are killing the new growth.  The deer are trying to use it but the birds have dominated it.  I know where I will be in the Spring.

 

[SpurHunter]

Dangit LL, have you seen my handle!!

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Come up with a real problem for the next thread....jeez man....

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[Tr19]

If you need any HELP there LL just yell . Smoked wild turkey is mmmmm good !!!!!

 

[churly]

I'd be happy to call one in for ya and film the whole bit! Depending on what county you are in, you may be able to pick off a few durring bow season, I can help their too!

With no mast crop available this is gonna be one heckuva deer year! I promise the deer are just as hungry as the birds are! Alright, I'm gonna step outside and sling a few arrows on that note.

 

[ArmySarge]

does TN not have a fall Turkey season?

 

[Liveliner]

ArmySarge - 8/27/2007 5:48 PM does TN not have a fall Turkey season?

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They do have either sex quota hunts in the fall in several counties.  In those counties where fall hunts are available you can hunt turkeys with archery equipment during the archery season for deer.</p>

 

[hoggerhead]

sounds like you have a major problem LL. I dont know what to tell ya, but if their camera shy, you might be able to get churly out their to run em of for ya!emoLaugh

 

[Liveliner]

I checked at my poor old desert food plot again this weekend.  Dry as a bone.  There are deer tracks on every square inch of it.  The deer are keeping it picked clean.  With very close looking, you can see where the stuff trying to come up is being nibbled off at the ground.  Deer and turkeys have eaten all the winter wheat, clover and every thing.  I had mentioned that I had some kind of vines and squash looking things growing.  Well the deer have eaten all that and left only some of the stems.  They ate all the leaves and eat the ends out of the squash.  I can not wait for the food plot to get it's first rain.  There are plenty dormant seeds in the dry ground just waiting.  It would be unfair to hunt that spot so I am saving it for kids.

 

[SpurHunter]

Let me know if you have space for Catfinger to shoot a doe or anything for that matter! Shes a little killer.....