How successful is conception in turkeys? How many gobblers will breed the same hen? Do jakes breed? Do turkeys stop breeding on April 30th? Will some hens go unbred? Why isn't there a hen season if taking one or 2 more birds won't make a difference in the over population? Why not increase the limit to 10 gobblers then if only 2% kill more than 1 according to y'all it wouldn't make any difference
Based on what I know:
Conception VERY successful Sometimes hens will breed more than one gobbler but one gobbler will breed LOTS of hens. Jakes are usually sexually mature - varies by study and region Gobblers will breed hens through summer if she is in need of breeding and willing and wants to try another nest Hens RARELY go unbred one or 2 hens in the population is TOTALLY different than one or 2 gobblers due to their reproduction biology they are NOT deer. Gobblers don't lay or set on nests not help raise broods. They are strictly breeders and their role in production is mostly finished early in the year. Once hens are bred gobblers are unnecessary to production. Jacking the limit to 10 would also make very little difference to the Statewide population IMO. As long as it was 10 gobblers. Allowing hens to be harvested would make a HUGE difference in the population.
Spot on again.
I could have killed probably 20 hens last year (No Lie)
