Steve Dobey
Steve Dobey
early february greens help lean march plant spring turkeys
February and March are very lean times for turkeys. If you can plant something (like spring oats) that greens up fast, it will help turkeys early in the year.
april avoid cover june late peak standing turkey week
The first week in June is the peak of the turkey hatch. You want avoid any mowing of standing cover from late April to the end of June.
grown openings protection provide
Ideally, you want these openings to be grown up some, to provide protection cover.
cover early field heat leave light mow soil stream
When light and heat get to the soil (in early spring), you'll get some emergent vegetation. But don't mow everything off. Leave some cover up on field edges, ditches and stream banks.
food mix species turkeys
What turkeys need is a mix of different species of oaks. Acorns are a pretty big (food) target.