Mo Dept of Conservation had set up a bait trap and net on our property and trapped 11 hens today.4 were fitted with bands/transmitters,all the rest were just banded.Got to help release a couple after the scientific part was taken care of.That makes 16 that they've transmitted/banded in the last 2 winters. 3 of the 5 jakes(now 2 yr olds)transmitted last year are still kickin.The other 2 were lost to coyote kills;all in the last 3 months.
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Sounds like an interesting project
Nesting and predation study.The lady heading the project said they had a hen killed this fall that was banded earlier in the fall that had traveled 12 miles from the place she was banded.She had never heard of one going that far,said 1-3 miles was usually average depending on habitat.
I killed one this fall that was banded with 100$ reward, they told me that I got it three miles from where they banded it and it was a four year old. they banded it in 2010 as a poult.
Glad to hear MO is still active in turkey research. I've used MO as a reference point in multiple discussions with MI DNR in terms of turkey management.
That would be fun to be a part o and has already yielded some interesting info. Thanks for sharing.
Fun stuff. Coyotes...I'll be out after some this weekend.
Very cool
Quote from: albrubacker on January 14, 2015, 05:13:50 PM
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Sounds like an interesting project
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That's sounds like it would be awesome to see and help with! Glad you got to be a part of it!
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Quote from: jakesdad on January 14, 2015, 05:18:35 PM
Nesting and predation study.The lady heading the project said they had a hen killed this fall that was banded earlier in the fall that had traveled 12 miles from the place she was banded.She had never heard of one going that far,said 1-3 miles was usually average depending on habitat.
12 miles is crazy!
That is good stuff and cool you got to be involved. Dang coyotes for sure.
Ill bet that was a blast :icon_thumright: