I haven't been up in the mountains of southern NM recently so I have no personal knowledge of how our turkeys fared this year in terms of poult survival. I have had reports from others with mixed reviews, and some have indicated seeing adult hens with poults in the last month, so I am optimistic. One thing for sure is that southern NM has had more precipitation this year, which has eased the drought conditions a bit, so I suspect overall that we should have had relatively good poult survival,...assuming the added moisture here would make a difference.
Our birds will start flocking up pretty soon and it will be a lot easier to tell just how well they did this year in another month or so.
...Been thinking about heading up to Utah for a hunt. Every time I hear anything about your state, it is that the turkey population is really doing well. Has UT gone to over-the-counter tags now,...or are they still allotted through a drawing?