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No poults yet but plenty of fawns #8424285
06/22/25 03:28 PM
06/22/25 03:28 PM
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snowy Offline OP
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I haven't seen one turkey poult yet I would guess most of the eggs/hatch been taken by critter and avian.
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Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: snowy] #8424286
06/22/25 03:31 PM
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no turkey poults either,in fact just one adult hen only is all I've seen all spring..
One fawn seen so far.

I'm more saddened about the turkeys, the deer, I'd be happy if I never saw one for at least 6 months, too many of them.

Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: snowy] #8424287
06/22/25 03:33 PM
06/22/25 03:33 PM
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Same down here in the deep South....not a single poult. Have seen a couple lone hens past few days.

Several fawns seen.


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Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: snowy] #8424295
06/22/25 03:57 PM
06/22/25 03:57 PM
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Central, SD
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The heat and humidity is often the deciding factors here too wet, dry, hot, cold, hail all impacts the outcomes.


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Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: snowy] #8424304
06/22/25 04:23 PM
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I about stepped on 2 today in a foodplot thats 150 yards from the house. The old hen came charging out thought she was going to take me on, she stopped 10 feet away and poults ran to her. Never had that happen before. We have a doe in the yard every night with tripletts have not saw that in awhile.

Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: snowy] #8424345
06/22/25 05:38 PM
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I’ve been watching four hens in a field on my road for a couple of weeks now. I’m trying hard to see poults, but there’s no way I’m missing them in the short grass of the field.

Four hens, no poults…not good.


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Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: snowy] #8424348
06/22/25 05:42 PM
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I've got fawns also and see hens in my plot every day but no poults.

Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: snowy] #8424370
06/22/25 06:11 PM
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Been seeing lots of both in my part of Illinois

Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: snowy] #8424400
06/22/25 06:45 PM
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I saw 2 different hens the other day and the grass was moving around them so I assume she had little ones there. I did see a batch of baby grouse that had to have been just born. Lots of fawns this year.


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Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: 160user] #8424414
06/22/25 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 160user
I saw 2 different hens the other day and the grass was moving around them so I assume she had little ones there. I did see a batch of baby grouse that had to have been just born. Lots of fawns this year.

That is great you seen young grouse. I haven't seen any pheasant chicks yet either and I have a lot of them around.


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Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: snowy] #8424433
06/22/25 07:35 PM
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Saw two hens this morning and no offspring!

Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: snowy] #8424478
06/22/25 08:34 PM
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Same here in north central Pa, fawns yes , turkey chicks no......jk


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Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: snowy] #8424506
06/22/25 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by snowy
Originally Posted by 160user
I saw 2 different hens the other day and the grass was moving around them so I assume she had little ones there. I did see a batch of baby grouse that had to have been just born. Lots of fawns this year.

That is great you seen young grouse. I haven't seen any pheasant chicks yet either and I have a lot of them around.



If the hen's had a good Spring and hatch, we should have Grouse EVERYWHERE this fall. I counted 8 males drumming one day on 80 acres.


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Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: snowy] #8424517
06/22/25 09:07 PM
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There are several hens seen with poults down here by the Iowa border.

Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: snowy] #8424669
06/23/25 07:08 AM
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I have 6 hens coming to the golden corral buffet every day, and another 20 something in the neighborhood, not a single poult...same as last year...I did see 2 dead fawns, one didn't get across the road fast enough and one that was run over by a bush hog....but they just dropped here so I'm sure theres more...

Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: gcs] #8424675
06/23/25 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by gcs
I have 6 hens coming to the golden corral buffet every day, and another 20 something in the neighborhood, not a single poult...same as last year...I did see 2 dead fawns, one didn't get across the road fast enough and one that was run over by a bush hog....but they just dropped here so I'm sure theres more...

Nature and unconditional events are tough on wildlife. I haven't seen any moose young yet either.


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Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: snowy] #8424710
06/23/25 09:31 AM
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On the nice days when we were turkey hunting we would see a lot of roosters alone the ones that had hens only looked to have one or two hen in their gathering.

Not sure why but the turkey hens are sitting later then past seasons many still roosting in the trees until the end of the season with the males. The last day of the season some of the flocks had not even dispersed yet with gobblers, hens and jakes all in the same group. They should be spread out over the area long before the end of May.


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Re: No poults yet but plenty of fawns [Re: snowy] #8424757
06/23/25 10:52 AM
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Same here hens still with toms at the end of the hunting season,seems late for this to still be going on in the past they were on the nest,has changed the last couple years.

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