Curious how many turkey poults are being see this summer, especially across the eastern half of country...

I'll start: Our hatching begins here in Southern Georgia in late April and peaks in May, with some very late hatching into early June. I have not seen a single hen that had poults...yet.

I always see this hen and here chicks all the time about 10 or so pretty neat

About pigeon sized

I have seen only one hen with just one poult so far this summer. About pigeon sized.

there have been years when I have seen several hens together with 20-30 poults of different sizes.
so way down from previous years

I have not seen any poults. Been seeing lots of single and small groups of hens, with no little ones. I don't think all this rain is helping the little ones.

I see a lot of lone hens lately , now it could be the grass is so high I am missing the little ones

the one little one I saw was a few weeks ago on the farm I was trapping nuisance coon
one little one with the hen was all

it was about the pigeon size.

with 60 egg eaters taken from that farm from about 3 acre right around buildings it is a miracle she hatched out any.

Swamp: Go west young man ! I was going down to the bean field to replant some beans the deer wiped out a week ago and saw 3 hens and more 6 week old chicks than I could count all together. I did find a dead hen out in the middle of a 20 bean field , all that was left was the wings and breast bone all still attached. Don't know if she was killed there or was carried there.

I have been seeing them everywhere here, about pigeon sized already. Grouse chicks everywhere too.

Too many! Darn turkeys are taking over and I believe they negatively impact grouse reproduction. (No, I do not have data to back up my “belief”! :-). I know I’m an outlier. Things are like rats and they charge you as much to shoot a turkey here as a deer. Happy trapping! ScottW

Saw my first hen with poults of the year this week. 2 hens with 9-10 poults. Out my back window of all places. Poults appear to be in the 4-6 week range according to the chart

Been seeing 3 or 4 hens together different places, no poults seen yet this year. Did see a crane with two young last week, most cranes have none, the pair on my land had one now none.

Northeast GA several hens, no poults.

Havent seen any but here that doesnt mean much as our turkey population is growing.

1 hen with 6 to 10 sparrow sized poults. Getting lots of reports of broods from folks who drive more than I do anymore lol

I’ve seen 8 weeks to chick size all last week. Got a hen turkey with chicks and broods of quail that could fly like adults, lol.
What’s even better is I’m seeing birds while driving for work as well.

I have seen 3-4 different broods coming thru our place daily. Just saw a new hen with 2 chicks that can't be more than 10 days old or so. The other hens appeared to grouped up 3 together with their young. Most are about pheasant size now I guess 8-10 weeks old. There are 19 in that bunch. Waiting to see when the numbers start to come up short. Lots of hawks, owls and predators in general around here.

Saw 3 hens together with about 40 little ones last week. Little ones could fly about 10 feet. This was a week ago in far northern WI.

Haven't seen the first poult this year. Was a dry Spring too.

Been seeing a few hens, no little ones yet. Could be the poults have scuba gear on. Fawn production looks good though.

I haven’t seen a poult yet, but our turkey population is declining . How is the population in other states that borders Tn do you see a decline in it ? I know they were checking to see if there was a disease in them , a lot of our southern counties that borders Alabama,Mississippi and Georgia have seen the biggest decline.