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Freddy McGuire (Vaturkey)
| | Posted on Monday, June 24, 2002 - 8:31 am: | |
I'm a little concerned about the poult sightings that were reported on the other thread. Is anybody out there seeing any of the little guys? I saw them pretty regularly for a while and get an occasion glimpse of them now and then in different areas. Saw a hen with 2 large poults last week. If the cold snap we had in May didn't damage some nests the weather we are having now is perfect for poult raising... dry. They should be everywhere! What are you guys seeing? |
knight_va
| | Posted on Monday, June 24, 2002 - 11:19 am: | |
I have seen 3 different groups of the around Dad's.....12...8...7 are the counts....alos seeing foxes & yotes.... Was at Anut's Last Weds. & saw the 8 with the hen.......5 min later here comes this grey fox sneaking ago nose to the ground following them..... I managed to throw some dirt up in fornt of him to make him decide to turn back.. dont know if I really helped the poults are not. |
GN
| | Posted on Monday, June 24, 2002 - 1:01 pm: | |
I would like to win my own contest for Tenn but I have not seen any. |
mudfork
| | Posted on Monday, June 24, 2002 - 3:55 pm: | |
Sorry to report, but I haven't seen the first poult here in northern Tazewell county. Hay cutting started this week, so maybe that will change. I did see 6 or 7 birds yesterday in a field on property adjacent to mine. I couldn't tell the gender, and the grass was too tall to tell if they had any poults. The nest I mentioned finding in an earlier post shows no sign of a successful hatch. Also of note, I did see a large coyote this morning. He crossed in front of me on I-81 at about 9:00 AM just east of the Ironto rest area. He stopped in the median and I got a real good look at him. |
Huntn Hi
| | Posted on Monday, June 24, 2002 - 6:08 pm: | |
A hen with 10 poults has been hanging around my house in Roanoke County for the last couple of weeks. The first sighting was June 11th. Actually there are 2 hens together, but all the poults belong to one hen. I moved a Camtracker camera just inside the woods next to my yard a few days ago. Hopefully I will get a few pictures of momma and poults. I have seen a few other hens in the area and none had any poults. |
HODY
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 6:54 am: | |
I have not seen many here, but have not been out much either. GN I have a winner for you in Tenn, but he will need to post his own results to win. This dry weather should help the poults, but I certainly hope we get some soon. My fod plots are looking bleak without the rain. PS Knight I would have thrown more than dirt at that rascal. You should have sprayed some BTD at him, that would have scared him off for good...LOL |
Turkey576
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 11:48 am: | |
Saw a Mama and five(5) medium sized about 6 week old poult yesterday about 400 yards from my house. Hope they stay around I love to watch them.
Jon |
GN
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 2:11 pm: | |
Shopson...GS1946? You got some stories to tell? |
Strutstopper
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 6:20 pm: | |
Nothing up here in Northern VA. I was at a buddies farm in Orange Co. VA 2 weeks ago and we flushed a hen down by the creek. Unfortunately, she was by herself and didn't have any poults w/ her. |
shopson
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 9:51 pm: | |
Saw a hen with poults on June 19. Only saw 2 poults but the grass was tall. June 24 saw 5 hens and 22 poults within 5 minutes drive of my house. No pictures or proof, just my word. |
shopson
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 9:57 pm: | |
By the way, these were in Tennessee. First ones were in Cocke County and the flock was in Greene County. |
TScottW99
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 25, 2002 - 10:28 pm: | |
LOL@Hody & BTD... Max you told me this stuff would be good for predator hunting?? ;-)
Scott |
mudfork
| | Posted on Friday, June 28, 2002 - 7:54 am: | |
I finally saw some poults. Two hens had 5 or 6 poults out in the neighbor's field this morning. They were very small. I got a shot of a hen with no poults on the cam-tracker last week. |
Daddyjan
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 10:27 pm: | |
ihave seen a few hens on my way to work here in Southampton Cty but have seen NO poults.I work all over hampton roads and have seen no poults.I hope that means plenty of food in the woods so theres no need to come out in the open .my nephew lives less that two miles down the road has a hen and poults comming out by his house evert couple days first hes said it looked like ten then he counted eight then six now he said thewre are only four.Somthing in that swamp behind his house is eating good.Gonna get out soon and do some seriouse scouting around ill let you know JMF |