The future is looking bright. I had 9 jakes on my property this past season. There should be a few 2 year olds running around next Spring. I went to my property today to do some work for the upcoming deer season. I saw 10 new poults. They are actually pretty big now. At least three of them were jakes. This may not sound like a big deal for some of you with large turkey populations, but for down here where numbers have declined in the past ten years, this a sight for sore eyes. This is the 2nd year in a row we have had a successful hatch. I normally kill one or two birds on my place each year, but each year there are only one or two longbeards there. Hopefully for a while I will have more birds to choose from and have several make it to breed. Turkey season can't get here soon enough.