Ok, I have been in the turkey woods for 15 years now and today I saw not only my first nest, but two nests in one day 100 yards apart. I flushed the hens off both nests in which there were 30 eggs between the two nests. Some people say the hens will come back, other say I should have sat on them to incubate
Whats your opinions on hens getting bumped off nests? Do older turkeys come back to nests while younger birds may abandon? Do you think it takes a consecutive amount of "bumping" to get them to abondon? Granted this was right next to a subdivision and these birds on their nests probably saw people daily, but not at 10 feet....