2007 Turkey Brood Report

[Valley Station]

5/16/07 is a little early to start, but, please report turkey poult sightings.
List date, number of poults and county.
Appreciate it.

[Multidigits]

Why???? is this intended to be an indicator of a good or bad hatch? Doesn't seem too scientific to me?

[Valley Station]

Doesn't seem to scientific you?? It's not, just simple, initial field observations.
Let's put it this way, if several report seeing 8-10 poults per hen sighting, this will be a good sign that things will be lookin' up for the 2009 spring season.

[Multidigits]

I heard reports of 15-20 poults last year and look what it turned out to be.

[turk2di]

These heavy rains & cooler temps can't help the little ones.

[Feedman]

We haven't been getting any rain. I have not seen any poults.

[MrHank]

Had 4 poults in my back yard last week, never saw mother hen but I am sure she was around close. They could/nt have been much over 8'' or 9'' tall.

[Joe Bryan]

Great topic, haven't seen any yet but many farmers have been cutting hay for several weeks! Hope they didn't bust up many nest.

[vabirddog]

Great topic, haven't seen any yet but many farmers have been cutting hay for several weeks! Hope they didn't bust up many nest.

Sadly they will, it's inevitable. Just have to hope they won't run to many hens through the haybine.

[Rob7]

Saw 9 little ones Saturday with their mother. They were very small about 6" tall I reckon. Location was madison county. I was only about 10 yards from the hen and the little guys were about 5 yard away on the edge of field. She wasn't about to leave them so I just backed away and watched them meander off.
Rob...

[shaman]

I'm in SW Bracken County. We spotted probably a dozen hens over last weekend, but nary a poult. I'm not overly worried. We usually do not see poults out walking until June.

[Feedman]

Anyone seeing any poults??? we have not seen any on our farms. Mowed all of the hay and did not bust up a nest???

[gobbl4me]

we have cut almost a 100 acres of hay so far and we also have not saw any nests yet. I did see a doe and a fawn yesterday while cutting.

[fireduck]

Saw a hen with 12 or 14 poults Monday morning they were running around my feet and I may have double counted a few. I thought the hen was going to flogg me she would not get more than 10 yards away clucking and carring on.

[Davidlondon4]

I have seen 25 to 30 hens over the last couple weeks. I have seen single hens, 4 in a group, and as many as 8 in another group. I have yet to see a single poult. Granted some of them were quite a distance away making poults hard to see but several were also close enough that I should have been able to see little ones if they had any. Whats everyone else seeing at this time of year?

[Bee]

still not seeing anything? come on guys, this is sort of scary.

[slickhead slayer]

As dry as it has been, I would think it would be a great hatch.

[muzzy]

on sunday i saw two hens and counted 31 poults! im sure i counted a few twice cause them little buggers wouldn't hold still. it had to have been atleast 25 though!

[shaman]

On Sunday I saw 1 hen with 10 poults. We stopped the truck and waited for them all to come out and walk across the road in front of us.

[K9trapper]

Saw one hen with 10 small poults, and another hen with 5 much larger poults (they could fly). Also saw 4 hens that were flocked up together, so maybe they will renest. Seems to me, the best broods in the last couple years were from summer hatches.

[ken w]

saw 2 hens today with only 2 poults.

[fullstrut1]

Saw a hen with 4 poults today in Hardin Co.. They were about half the size of a quail.

[Turkey Dog]

Been seeing lots of babies this year in and around Pineville...lets hope for good survival this year....

[ken w]

saw 3 hens together today with 8 poults

[youngbirddog]

On May 31 I saw a hen with 8 little poults in Trigg Co.

[Snareman2]

I've been seeing a hen with six poults behind the house lately. Saw three hens the other day with 0 poults, what is up with that?

[predator]

I worked on the farms all this past weekend and have yet to see a poult this year.

[Feedman]

We still have not seen any poults at either of our farms.

[Levi]

I saw 3 hens and 12 poults today.

[kyfanatic]

I've seen two hens with 22 poults in the past two weeks and a single hen yesterday with 8 poults about 9 inches tall,my dog treed them while I was checking fencelines.

[turk2di]

Run up on some poults this morning ridin my 4-wheeler! Looked 2b about 6-7 weeks old!

[MrHank]

Saw one hen yesterday evening with 7 poults, they looked to be about 10'' to 12'' inches high and even saw one of them fly.

[youngbirddog]

On July 1 I saw a hen with one 10" poult in Trigg co.

[tgturkeytaker]

I listed my recent sighting from last week, a few posts down.....

[lances]

Two hens have about 10 to 12 poults that are bigger than grouse already in Clinton County. They are in the fields everyday.

[coondog]

I have seen no polts this year but have seen some groups of hens together. I heard a gobble a few days ago. Not seen many turkeys but I have not been out in the woods much early or late.

[bigpuddin43]

i got some great pics on the cuddeback of some poults i had a couple hens in a pic that looked like a few poults on the ground then i got some video of another hen coming by and i bet she had 12 or 14 poults with her its posted under trail cameras under some little ones check them out!

[skeetshooter105]

I am seeing more poults this year than ever before. This week I have seen Dozens from 2-3 weeks old up to 3/4 grown. Two hens in a field above my house had over 20 youngsters with them.
Topping that off: Tuesday AM I came home and heard a gobbler raising heck close by. Soon two gobblers were sounding like it should have sounded this spring. I walked to the top of the hill and there were the two gobblers in strut working a hen. They all headed off to the neighbors property and out of sight still gobbling thier heads off. More gobbling than I heard all of the state season. I was concerned because of the extreme cold and late freeze we had it would cause harm to the nesting. Sure didn't hurt it. Seems many were late or renested if damage was done. Local farmers are concerned about of surplus of turkeys due to crop damage.

[INKYHUNTER]

Saturday I was out on the farm and saw a hen with poults the size of baby chicks. She must not have nested until early June.

[KYLimbHanger]

Saw two hens and about 12 small ones today: looked to be larger that a grouse.

[bigpuddin43]

saw 4 hens with 5 poults this mornin they were bout 10 to 12 inches high

[predator]

I saw 3 hens today with 10 poults in neighbor's field.

[KYLimbHanger]

Saw a dozen more turkeys this morning. The little ones are growing...'bout half the size of the adults in the group.

[kycooner]

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa127/kycooner1/SUNP0006.jpg
heres some small ones,,won't take em long to grow eating that corn every day

[KYLimbHanger]

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa127/kycooner1/SUNP0006.jpg
heres some small ones,,won't take em long to grow eating that corn every day

Wow, only a few days after the ban release and you have turkeys at your feeder already!!!!

[River Rat]

Watched 6 hens with 12 poults this morning, saw another group later but could have been some of the same birds 2 hens with 3 poults.