Originally Posted by CNC
Originally Posted by blade


The place in Texas, not the hunting club noted above, was about 3000 acres total. The area of it that I hunted year before last was about 800 acres of it. They run about 1 cow per 12 acres in that area of Texas. So probably 50 or 60?



The reason I ask is because there are a lot of variables to consider before just making a blanket statement that “cows are bad for turkeys”……which I don’t believe is true at all. Sure, if I take a small property and introduce a bunch of cows across the entire area in a short time period then there’s likely to be some shock to the system that occurs. What I envision with anyone who was gonna try it would be to start out small and build up to whatever number of cattle that eventually accomplished the end goal you’re looking for…….


We lease 2 properties. Both places are rolling hills with a creek bottom running through it. Originally both places were mostly open cow pastures. Both places had more freaking turkeys than any other place I've ever hunted. At the peak, the 500 acre property had 25- 30 gobblers on it. It was insane. That place is mostly CRP pines and still has turkeys but not close to what it once was. It is covered up with deer though






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