Originally Posted by CNC
Originally Posted by Chiller
Use the KISS method. If I had to burn it would be 2-3 weeks before season opened or up to before the majority of hens start nesting. That will be different across the state. For me, Based off years of me being in the woods in a specific area its mid to late April. So I would not burn after mid April. No need to over analyze with data. Recon on what the turkeys are actually doing in your area. Let common sense and visual evidence be your guide.


Do hens make a pattern change between Jan and April moving to nesting areas?? If so, how far in advance of nesting do they make that change?


What I’m getting at here is that there is more to it than just when they start nesting…..there is also the matter of how many eggs they produce in each nest…..My aunt used to stay on our arse about doing stuff like riding dirtbikes and such around the chicken houses because spooking the birds would throw off egg production on the next pull and cost them money. Spooking turkey right ahead of nesting is likely to effect egg production…..Again, there is a reason they hold all of the variables as stable as possible in a chicken house for max egg production. Major disruptors cause decreases. Has nobody else here ever worked in a commercial chicken house picking up eggs?





Last edited by CNC; 03/09/22 08:28 PM.
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