We assessed the sex ratios of hatched eggs to determine if these ratios were 50:50, which is what theory suggests. We found that sex ratios were skewed towards females on 3 sites that were exposed to hunting, with only 38% of hatched poults being males. However, sex ratios approached 50:50 on a site that wasn’t hunted. These findings suggest that perhaps females can adjust sex ratios of their offspring based on predictable mortality patterns of male offspring and offer insight into complexities of the wild turkey’s reproductive ecology.
