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Cicadas protein load for Turkeys can be immense
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Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3801 
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 Cicadas protein load for Turkeys can be immense[attachment=0]image0.jpeg[/attachment]
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image0.jpeg [ 210.63 KiB | Viewed 138 times ] _________________ "even after almost a half-century of hunting of the noblest game bird I am going to confess that I am still in the kindergarten; and I doubt if any human being ever acquires a complete education in this high art." - Archibald Rutledge |
| Sat May 04, 2024 1:00 pm |
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King of Spring  Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2005 11:01 am Posts: 629 Location: Bluemont, VA
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Re: Cicadas protein load for Turkeys can be immense Doesn’t look like we are going to see any up here in Loudoun or Clark Counties.
Map from Virginia Tech show not much of Virginia is gonna see them. Attachments:
IMG_2923.jpeg [ 239.68 KiB | Viewed 122 times ] _________________ "If turkeys could smell, you'd never kill one" - Bud Trenis my turkey hunting mentor & dear friend |
| Sun May 05, 2024 3:37 pm |
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Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3801
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Re: Cicadas protein load for Turkeys can be immense Does Half the state count as "not much"/
 Looks like 59 counties or so are in there "Probably " category. _________________ "even after almost a half-century of hunting of the noblest game bird I am going to confess that I am still in the kindergarten; and I doubt if any human being ever acquires a complete education in this high art." - Archibald Rutledge |
| Mon May 06, 2024 12:57 pm |
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Boss Gobbler  Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:50 pm Posts: 3138 Location: Goodview, VA
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Re: Cicadas protein load for Turkeys can be immense Last time the locusts were on my place (2012)... https://vaturkey.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7489&p=56819&hilit=locust#p56819
We aren't due for them here again until 2029 (Brood I)... Attachment: locust.jpg [ 81.22 KiB | Viewed 88 times ] _________________ "You have to pay for every bird you kill and the coin you use to pay for them is time." - Tom Kelly |
| Tue May 07, 2024 2:52 pm |
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Longbeard
Joined: Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:47 pm Posts: 284 Location: Halifax County
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Re: Cicadas protein load for Turkeys can be immense We have a ton of them in Halifax County, as predicted on the map.
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| Wed May 08, 2024 4:50 am |
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King of Spring Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2005 11:01 am Posts: 629 Location: Bluemont, VA
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Re: Cicadas protein load for Turkeys can be immense I wish we were gonna have a hatch here. The bass were bonkers for em last time we had a hatch.
_________________ "If turkeys could smell, you'd never kill one" - Bud Trenis my turkey hunting mentor & dear friend |
| Wed May 08, 2024 2:02 pm |
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