ORIGINAL: JW!
You are right - the cowsdisappear and so will yor turkeys.
Cow Plops the turkeys do use in several ways from pickin out undigested grain to flipping them over and gathering the bugs underneath. Cow dung also helps young green shoots start quicker in the spring.
I hunted around a diary farm for almost 20 years. The last 5 years the farmer sold his herd and the turkey population plummeted to where there are very few now.
I also know in my other state that wintering flocks hang around many feed lots of both dairy and beef cows and that is how they make the winter. This year more so because of the heavy snow cover - something we have not had for quite a few years - at least not this much snow and ice and the population of turkeys are really suffering.
So YES - Cows do equal turkeys!
JW
Yeah, last year, I hunted a spot that the guy had fed his cows there during the winter, but the cattle were not there during the turkey season. There were a ton of turkeys there, eating on the extra grain that was laying there. This year, he did not feed his cattle there, I have seen no turkeys in the particular spot. I think that the turkeys enjoy the free feed that they get when the cows are present.
