Negative Progress for Turkeys

[zelmo1]

Still up to my upper gluteus maximus in snow up here in NH, but I took a walk on some snowmobile trails around my best spot. THEY CUT EVERY BULL PINE IN A 150 ACRES !!!!!!!! The turkeys roosted in these trees religiously. Not anymore, there aren't any left. I did find some turkey sign but it breaks my heart. My wife shot her first bird there and we actually doubled that day. I know mankind moves ahead, but do it where its already hosed up. Just whining, cant hunt or shoot, lol. I hope y'all don't have the same bad luck. Be safe boys, Al

[Turkeytider]

Yep, from what we`re doing from the rain forests to the oceans to stuff like this, we (as a species ) are doing a great job of screwing over the things that inhabit this planet with us. No, I`m not a left wing environmentalist tree hugging green new deal wacko, either. Just a 72 year old boy from south Alabama who`s spent his fair share of hours in woods and fields and on and under the water, from the Gulf to the Atlantic to the Caribbean. It breaks my heart.

[TauntoHawk]

My favorite local public spot got obliterated by cutting last year during turkey season. It was one of the only spots of nice mature oaks left on that tract that wasn't extremely thick which is why the birds always roosted on one of the two parallel points. They had no way to get the machines back there previously so it was left as beautiful mature hardwoods until they got access to come off private with the logger equipment and just decimated it into a muddy parking lot.

Cutting is very important to sustaining good quality habitat, we use it on family land to improve the woods for wildlife BUT I dont feel that public land designated for wildlife like "game lands" should be pillaged for timber value. You can't say beneficial when you cut more then 75% of the oaks down and it will be mostly honeysuckle and scrub in a few years.



And yes the birds will adapt and relocate their roost Im aware of where they roost now as they moved down the valley to a piece of unhuntable private that still has the mature roost trees but now i can't get closer then 500yds and remain on public.