DO you know what predators kill more turkeys?
02-10-2004, 08:51 AM
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Typical Buck
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DO you know what predators kill more turkeys?
Do you know which natural predators kill more turkeys? Put these in order if you know the answer.
a.Coyote?
b.Racoon?
c.possum?
d.skunk?
e.fox?
a.Coyote?
b.Racoon?
c.possum?
d.skunk?
e.fox?
02-10-2004, 09:46 AM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Waldoboro Me. USA
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RE: DO you know what predators kill more turkeys?
I'm guessing here, but I would put coyotes as number one of those listed. I have seen more 'yotes during turkey season than any other time of the year. They seem to hone in on the gobbles of the birds, and I know several people who have had decoys grabbed by them. I would think racoons and skunks (possums also, though we don't have any up here) would be more of an egg eating situation. Foxes some young birds. Bobcats weren't mentioned. And I have heard great hornned owls often take birds off the roost. I would also think hawks would be a predator of poults, and have heard of a hunter having an eagle take a decoy here in Maine.
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