Trapped 11 hens today

[jakesdad]

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.

[albrubacker]

 
Sounds like an interesting project

[jakesdad]

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.

[willy8457]

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.

[Spring Creek Calls]

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.

[mgm1955]

That would be fun to be a part o and has already yielded some interesting info. Thanks for sharing.

[kevin2]

Fun stuff. Coyotes...I'll be out after some this weekend.

[Gobble!]

Very cool

[tomstopper]

Sounds like an interesting project

[VA_Birdhunter]

That's sounds like it would be awesome to see and help with!  Glad you got to be a part of it!

God bless


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[870FaceLift]

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!

[flintlock]

That is good stuff and cool you got to be involved.  Dang coyotes for sure.

[hookedspur]

Ill bet that was a blast