Windwalker
Life Member
Not sure
Hay is going up so slow with all the rain.Little chicks are half grown here!
blake
Life Member
Here in S.W. Iowa we got 10+ inches of rain within a time frame of two weeks. This rain fell during the first and second week of the hens nesting.
As I have been driving around the country side these last few weeks hoping to spot a big buck I have seen a number of hens out and about feeding. Many of these flocks I saw had no young birds with them. Hopefully they are re-nesting, but it is my opinion that many turkey, pheasant, and quail nest were rained out this spring. Sure do hope I am wrong.
As I have been driving around the country side these last few weeks hoping to spot a big buck I have seen a number of hens out and about feeding. Many of these flocks I saw had no young birds with them. Hopefully they are re-nesting, but it is my opinion that many turkey, pheasant, and quail nest were rained out this spring. Sure do hope I am wrong.
JNRBRONC
Well-Known Member
Not sure if the turkeys will renest. I have seen groups of hens lately and did take note that it seemed they had fewer poults than I normally see them with. I saw three hens yesteday that had three poults. Tough wet spring for nesting. The bright side is that from what I have seen, the pheasants faired a little better (at least in my area).