Welcome to TheOhioOutdoors
Wanting to join the rest of our members? Login or sign up today!
Login / Join

Turkey hunting should be great with plenty of 2-3 year old Toms in 2023.👍

Sgt Fury

Sgt. Spellchecker
A3397089-003F-421C-85D5-F55AA7D67BD7.jpeg
 

giles

Cull buck specialist
Supporting Member
Many of the nest robbing species also will eat cicadas and won't have to work hard to fill up on them.
Now that I would buy for a dollar. 👍

But, in turn that also means they will have healthy populations for the coming years also. So the balance here would be to increase your harvest on them also.
 

giles

Cull buck specialist
Supporting Member
I guess what I am trying to say is that we need to increase trapping also. Otherwise we are just going to continue to hurt ourselves. Those of you turkey lovers seem to love your turkeys but do very little to actually help them. Some of you claim to love it more than deer hunting. But why only during the spring? If you love it so much, why not try and protect it a little more? Food for thought and one of the things that has made me scratch my head for years. One of the many reason I make fun of turkey hunters, lol.
 

Stressless

Active Member
2,128
85
Keene, OH
thank for that George. OH has three broods varying by county. The farm was in the 2016 Brood V and you are spot on, 2018 and 2019 were great years for turkey hunting. IF you can travel to hunt birds the map below shows the Brood hatch, just roll in 2 -3 years later!

Of course spring weather has big part in the polts hatching success - a cicada hatch is a interesting biological event we are able to witness.
brood map.JPG
 
This is actually one of the more insightful things I have seen on a forum. Was just thinking to myself based on numbers that I have been seeing that there is certainly quite a bit more than they have been in years. I assumed it was due to the mild springs we have had but based on the chart 2019 was the brood in the areas that I hunt so certainly fits the correlation. Thanks for the information I will certainly retain this for the rest of my life as a useful tool.
 

Wiley E Coyote

Active Member
I guess what I am trying to say is that we need to increase trapping also. Otherwise we are just going to continue to hurt ourselves. Those of you turkey lovers seem to love your turkeys but do very little to actually help them. Some of you claim to love it more than deer hunting. But why only during the spring? If you love it so much, why not try and protect it a little more? Food for thought and one of the things that has made me scratch my head for years. One of the many reason I make fun of turkey hunters, lol.
Spring weather during hatch time is what really affects our turkey population the most. That's why it changes so much every few years. We can do very little to control cool wet rain showers in late May and early June. Just hope for the best! Another thing is turkey hunters are glad you don't turkey hunt. There's enough village idiots in the woods already 😂🤣
 

giles

Cull buck specialist
Supporting Member
Spring weather during hatch time is what really affects our turkey population the most. That's why it changes so much every few years. We can do very little to control cool wet rain showers in late May and early June. Just hope for the best! Another thing is turkey hunters are glad you don't turkey hunt. There's enough village idiots in the woods already 😂🤣
The last time I turkey hunted was with you! Lol