The countdown has begun…10 days left in the 2013 Turkey Season. Mixed reviews are coming in from hunters across North Georgia. GON had an article this month about the turkey season. Many of their field reporters commented on how the turkeys were more active in the afternoons. This is a direct result of our unseasonably cool spring. When we get the early warm-ups the turkey flocks will break up early in the season and the hens will be on the nests long before we reach this point in the season. With 10 days left, there are still hens that aren’t on the nests and most of the successful hunts have been hunters being in the right place at the right time. More multiple kills have been reported this year than years past, a clear indication that the toms and jakes never broke up this spring. Pre-scouting normally can lead to successful seasons. For once, luck held a higher standing than scouting. Don’t expect that to last in seasons in the future!
This past weekend was a terrible one weather-wise and even worse for the turkey chicks that are beginning hatch. The chicks are very vulnerable to exposure in their first few weeks of life. Long soaking rains like we have had the last 4-5 days, can destroy future populations. We need this weather to move on for our last 10 days of the season and seasons to come.
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