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Old 07-06-2007, 07:41 AM
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Bobgobble2
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Default To many hens a problem hmmmmm

Quite often many of us become frusterated with those dang henned up gobblers.(tough to hunt).Many of us including me,support fall seasons to harvest hens which not only provide an opportunity to hunt and great table fare,but help in balancing our gobbler to hen ratio's.Intrestingly enough the NWTF has done study's on gobbler to hen/ratio's and has came to the conclusion you basically CANNOT have to many hens per gobbler simply because hens have everything to do with how many gobblers live in your area......Read this.....
http://www.nwtf.org/all_about_turkeys/populations.html
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