George... It's puzzling what has happened to our turkey population... Years ago they were everywhere, I used to sit on my patio and hear them gobbling. Now it's dead silence. Fields I used to see 50 birds in, now nada.. I took a walk last Thurs. to put a camera out.. Tried to get one fired up and nothing.. I'm one step ahead of you and haven't bought a license in a couple years..
I used to have them roosting in my front and back yards. They would shock gobble when I slammed my truck door on the way to work in the mornings. I would go out back to the porch and blind call and more times than not, a gobbler would come running up toward the house from the woods. Those days are long gone. I can’t understand how the population could go from what it once was to what it is today. Gotta be multiple causes. I sure hope whatever it is stops and the population can return to what it once was….hell, I’d be happy with half.
Not everyone. My neighbor the outfitter around us and I started predator trapping very seriously 4 years ago. The change is dramatic. Like the glut for a few years after the '17 cicada hatch.
