We studied how growing season prescribed fire affected nest survival, nest success, and poult survival. We found that most nest loss was from predation, but that 11.5% of nests were impacted by fire. Notably, fires were applied at a small scale in this study, so our findings suggest that growing-season fires conducted on a large-scale could be detrimental to wild turkey reproduction and should be applied judiciously. We found poult survival to be 35% during
the first two weeks post-hatch, and that fire impacts to broods appear minimal.
