Check out the intro video to this article on the effects of predators on wild turkey populations. Dr. Chamberlain talks about how things have changed over time that has allowed predators to become more prevalent. The entire article has a ton of insight into what can be done and why it’s incredibly important to the population growth of wild turkeys.
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This Turkey Tuesday is about managing for turkeys versus white-tailed deer. In
Talking Georgia Turkey Research With Dr. Michael Chamberlain of UGA From Get
We monitored turkey movements before, during, and after dog hunts used to
We studied whether breeding groups of hens, those small groups of hens
We used GPS data on hens during incubation to examine how their
We studied selection of roost sites by hens using telemetry data, and
