Yes, I'm in Mississippi so we have fire ants galore. You can drive past a cattle pasture and see hundreds of ant mounds per acres. The coyotes have been here a while and have displaced foxes. I give foxes and bobcats a pass but I take out coyotes.
Good luck! From what I've seen they like to hit the fields when it's raining.
Nesting hens are at extreme risk every spring which is why they are absolutely off limits in most, if not all places during spring Gobbler seasons. Again, a bearded turkey is legal in many places as well and you will have those that take a bearded hen but for the health of the flock, I highly recommend not doing it. To answer your question, most fall seasons allow the harvest of either sex fyi.
Yes, they are totally off limits here all the time, as far as I know. Jakes can be shot by youths under 12, I think. For adult hunters here, it is a gobbler 6 inch beard or longer. We don't have a fall season for turkeys although there may be one way down south near the coast in that zone.
Took a fellow on his first hunt and he killed one. He was thrilled and it was mid season. Ate the egg it was about to lay on a breakfast sandwich when I got home. I guess after all the flock talk I should add there’s no shortage of Turkeys where that occurred…
Quail decline is due to clump grass disappearance, replaced by grass like blue grass fescue and lawn type stuff.
Gobbler bones work just fine, but the trick is sanding down the end of the bell in very small increments to tune it to a higher pitch, assuming it starts out a little on the low side, which is normal.
