Wild turkey populations seem to be on a rapid decline across much of the United States, and nest-raiding predators appear to be largely to blame. Hunters and conservation groups like Turkeys For ...

Decades of research shows that predation is the primary cause of nesting failure in wild turkey populations—a fact Chamberlain cites in a recent study on turkey nest predators in Louisiana. In the ...

First, turkeys are a prey species targeted by numerous predators. Second, turkeys don’t live in a vacuum. ... a lack of secure nesting and brood rearing habitat is often part of the cause. ...

WEST POINT • Selling traps and buying fur have been a mission for Bill Duke’s family since the 1930s. Their operation on Brame Avenue continues right here today. As they approach a hundred ...

“Trapping raccoons and other predators that are known to prey on ground-nesting birds provides one more way to help protect grouse and turkeys in specific areas especially when their overall ...

Predators such as raccoons, skunks and opossums can prey on eggs in a nest and once the eggs hatch, foxes, coyotes, owls and hawks all may prey on young turkey poults.

Iowa’s annual wild turkey survey is now underway to help the Department of Natural Resources estimate nesting rates and track population trends. Jim Coffey, a forest wildlife biologist with the D-N-R, ...

Grasslands are essential to the life cycle of many ground nesting birds, like the wild turkey. This crucial habitat is where turkeys nest and raise their poults. ... Predators are also a problem.