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Old 03-21-2014 | 06:57 PM
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Recently we have had flooding on the river bottoms and wood areas. There still is large ice junks laying all over the bottoms. Since this time I have not seen one turkey. What is our thought on where these turkeys have done or do yo think they may have not killed through this flooding?
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Old 03-21-2014 | 08:58 PM
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No I doubt very much the flooding has killed them.. Turkeys can fly and will head up into the trees if the need arrises. I think they all headed up to higher ground. There is no need for them to hang around the streams or rivers if there has been a lot of rain or snow melt. They will surely find water pockets up on the higher ground to drink from. So I would start checking the ridges more or farther back from the areas of flooding..
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Old 03-22-2014 | 04:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Phil from Maine
No I doubt very much the flooding has killed them.. Turkeys can fly and will head up into the trees if the need arrises. I think they all headed up to higher ground. There is no need for them to hang around the streams or rivers if there has been a lot of rain or snow melt. They will surely find water pockets up on the higher ground to drink from. So I would start checking the ridges more or farther back from the areas of flooding..
I agree. Turkeys are very mobile and will readily leave an area to return when conditions improve. Look for them in cover on higher ground.
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Old 03-22-2014 | 06:50 AM
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Col. Tom Kelly has said that he has seen and heard of turkeys that spent more than 2 weeks in trees because of flooding. They pick what bugs they can find in trees and wait for the waters to subside.
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