I know the numbers in Iowa where I live are sure down from what they were even 10 years ago let alone 20 years ago. This year it was not even fun to hunt them. I would be for closing the season for a couple of years if that would help but I don't think that hunting is taking the biggest toll on them. The loss of habitat and weather has not been very good the last few years.

Turkeys have been moving into our area in the last 5 or 6 years and you can see a definite decline in pheasant and quail population when they move in. I don't know about the other areas but the turkeys need thinned out more than anything any more. They may be the most resilent birds I have ever seen.



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