My lab pup just bumbed a hen off her nest down here in Barbour County.
Has anyone ever seen a nest this late ? She had 12 in the clutch .

Saw some in a hay Feild this week. She got bumped off nest and we left a big area around the nest rest of Feild was cut she hasn’t been back

Well dammit
I hope mine returns .
I had a free range hen take off to nest and i ain’t seen her
Since . That was back in May . She somewheres ?

Nesting this late is not uncommon. Heck I’ve seen three day old poults September 1st before.

Yeah buddy I’ve seen it. Heck I saw a gobbler strutting in a pasture in front of a hen on the 7th of June

It was her second or third attempt after her first got busted up. She may not be very good at finding a good hiding spot unfortunately.

Work mate bumped a hen off next a couple weeks ago. They bought an incubator and as of last friday had 8 poults.

From what I have read, when you bump them off nest, they may or may not come back.

Yep, Ive found nests in August before. Kinda kills the burning window when they can be nesting in the first of March and the last of August!!

And the fact that many abandon the nest after being bumped should produce concerns about shifting turkey season later in the year. Even if the DGT had some level of truth to it, moving the season later could be a net negative for the flock. Having hunters bust hens off the nest in May could result in fewer poults, even if delaying the season resulted in more fertile hens.

But of course, since the DGT is baloney, shifting the season later becomes a more likely negative for poult production. Lovett Williams wrote of this concern years ago, but I haven't heard much concern from the current biologists.