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SCDNR / Turkey Survey
July 1 to August 29 will be volunteering a survey with the ( SCDNR ) Summer Turkey and Quail .
Each year it has been a pleasure to see what everyone is seeing in their Game Zones.
Again feel free to post what you are seeing and try not to record same group twice.
If you have trail cams out post pictures.
Last year was a great turn out with forums members posting and the numbers turned out to be successful hunts come spring.
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**Twelve Point**
Greenwood County
7-1-12
6 jakes
one hen
7 poults
7-6-12
2 hens
0 poults
So far I haven't seen near as many poults as I did the previous two years.
**Twelve Point**
York county
1 hen and a single poult
7-10-12
single hen-no poults-under my bird feeder this afternoon
7-10-12
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BAMBERG , S. C.
4 - Gobblers
7 - 11 - 12
2 - Hens with 14 poults
7 - 11 - 12
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Bamberg,SC
7-10-12
3-hens 26 poults, sizes ranged from quail size up to big chickens
2-gobblers
7-11-12
2-coveys of quail
**Twelve Point**
Greenwood Co
7-12-12
3 hens
5 poults
Four-Point
Berkeley County
7-3-12
4 gobblers
3 hens
7-7-12
1 hen
7 poults
7-9-12
1 gobbler
7 jakes
1 hen (bearded)
8 poults
Last edited by GarnetCarolina; 07-12-2012 at 06:20 PM. Reason: forgot the county
Six-Point
Laurens County
7-12-12
2 Hens
8 Poults
Based on other photos it apprears one hen has 6 poults and the other hen has 2.
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Bamberg, S.C.
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**Twelve Point**
Spartanburg county 7/17/2012
4 hens, 11 poults, 2 jakes, 2 toms
Ten-Point
Anderson county
7-14-12
2 hens 20-30 poults(chicken size, flew across road)
Different field-1hen
different field-9 longbeards
I don't turkey hunt because I want to, I turkey hunt because I have to--Col. Tom Kelly
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7/15/2012
Clarendon County
6 Jakes putting at a hawk in a tree.
Psalm 42:1 "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God."
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"Every second you are in contact with a mature gobbler, events and circumstances take place, any one of which could have a direct bearing of you losing the game." - The Old Pro Turkey Hunter by Gene Nunnery
"I wish I could breathe life back in him, if I could I'd hunt him again tomorrow." Ben Rogers Lee
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Got a few quail and it is hard to keep count of them. I would say we have 3 or 4 good coveys of 10 - 15 birds each.
Psalm 42:1 "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God."
Proud Student of Hattaway School of Turkey Hunting!
"Every second you are in contact with a mature gobbler, events and circumstances take place, any one of which could have a direct bearing of you losing the game." - The Old Pro Turkey Hunter by Gene Nunnery
"I wish I could breathe life back in him, if I could I'd hunt him again tomorrow." Ben Rogers Lee
Six-Point
Spartanburg county
7-5-12
4 hens, 10 poults
Greenwood county
7-8-12
2 longbeards
Laurens county
7-8-12
6 longbeards
Spartanburg county
7-21-12
3 Hens, 14 poults inside our fence here at work. 4 were no more than a couple weeks old. The other 10 were in the 2 month range IMO.
Ten-Point
7-21-12
Anderson County
2 longbeards
I don't turkey hunt because I want to, I turkey hunt because I have to--Col. Tom Kelly
**Twelve Point**
Just now saw this thread so I wasn't on the alert to count, but the last two weekends driving up (and back) to my parents along the "river road" that parallels Broad River (Pomaria to Maybinton to Carlisle) I have seen MANY, MANY turkeys! Actually saw one hen with about 8 half grown poults, and a couple other hens with a few poults each. Yesterday saw a "herd" of about 7 jakes, and numerous other jakes & hens. I would say the turkeys are going quite well, despite what I had thought earlier that the coyotes were working on them pretty good. Maybe the birds have adapted and have learned a few tricks to evade them better?
Six-Point
Spartanburg county
7-24-12
7 longbeards at Milliken. These can be counted anytime and everyday of the week.
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Pickens Co.
7-26-12
Eight-Point
Berkeley 7/26/2012
1 hen - 12 poults
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Bamberg; 7/27/2012
2-hens - 10 poults
6-jakes
3-gobblers
1-quail -5 small ones
**Twelve Point**
Greenwood Co
7/27/12
2 toms
1 hen
6 poults
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Norris 7/28/12 5 hens ,8 poults
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Bamberg Co
4 Jakes
2 hens
7 poults
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Ten-Point
Anderson/Pickens county line
7-28-12
3-5 hens 20-40 poults.
I don't turkey hunt because I want to, I turkey hunt because I have to--Col. Tom Kelly
**Twelve Point**
I see those at Miliken and USC upstate all the time.Originally Posted by joshua
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Bamberg Co
7 - 28
Hen with 7 poults
4 Toms
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Norris 8/2/12 2 hens,6 half grown poults(walked within 20 yards of them,they paid me little attention.)
**Twelve Point**
8/3/12
Barnwell Co
2 gobblers
3 hens 0 poults
**Twelve Point**
8/8/12
Williston
3 Toms
2 Jakes
Six-Point
Laurens county
8-9-12
3 longbeards near Cold Point
2 hens and 11 poults near Clinton
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