Avian Flu

[joey46]

The "doom and gloom" forum strikes again.

[wchadw]

I saw someone posted feeding deer/wildlife could cause spread?
Just curious on turkeys who flock anyway, how this would increase risk of bird flu spreading?
In deer I can see how CDW can spread thru corn piles because they chew like cows and food/salvia falls back into the bait pile


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[Tom007]

In an effort to bring some positive thoughts in here, I found this when I googled the subject. I personally spend a tremendous amount of time in my hunting areas and have never found a turkey carcass. I am by no means downplaying or interjecting any expertise in here so all I can say is I hope we all don't experience any turkey losses in our areas, and all around the country the populations flourish. Be safe, it's right around the corner...

[Sir-diealot]

Used to be around here they did not used to spread domestic turkey droppings, after they started doing it there started to seem be an up shoot of problems with birds in the area. I do not think wild birds are able to handle what domestic birds can and I think that is part of it. I know some will say when they get around it flying around bird farms (Clearly I am not just talking turkey) but not to the extent they do since it started to become used wildly for fertilizer, now the wild animals including birds are much more exposed to it and I seriously wonder if it has actually be looked at as it seems to be an odd coincidence.

[WV Flopper]

Last report I read from PA was that one lake had large flocks of dead geese in it.

The Flu virus was polluting the water from all of the dead geese.

Yes, I have found a bunch of winter mortality turkeys in my time. But, don't expect to find those remains in April and May. Look for them Now and into early March. You'll find them if in higher altitude areas, northern US.

[Tail Feathers]

In an effort to bring some positive thoughts in here, I found this when I googled the subject. I personally spend a tremendous amount of time in my hunting areas and have never found a turkey carcass. I am by no means downplaying or interjecting any expertise in here so all I can say is I hope we all don't experience any turkey losses in our areas, and all around the country the populations flourish. Be safe, it's right around the corner...

I had briefly considered the impact but didn't do a search on it. That is good to see.  Thanks.

[Tom007]

In an effort to bring some positive thoughts in here, I found this when I googled the subject. I personally spend a tremendous amount of time in my hunting areas and have never found a turkey carcass. I am by no means downplaying or interjecting any expertise in here so all I can say is I hope we all don't experience any turkey losses in our areas, and all around the country the populations flourish. Be safe, it's right around the corner...

I had briefly considered the impact but didn't do a search on it. That is good to see.  Thanks.

You bet. We still have to be cautiously optimistic until all the facts and research come out. All we can do is hope they do not get infected....

[wchadw]

I saw someone posted feeding deer/wildlife could cause spread?
Just curious on turkeys who flock anyway, how this would increase risk of bird flu spreading?
In deer I can see how CDW can spread thru corn piles because they chew like cows and food/salvia falls back into the bait pile
Where I hunt the have corn feeders for deer. Think they are done for the year with the feeders tho


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[EZ]

They are euthanizing flocks of snow geese here in south eastern Pa. They say the spreading of the avian flu will infect the turkey population here.

I think it has been around for awhile in SE Pa. Our turkey flocks have been knocked down to super low numbers for years now.