SCDNR / Turkey Survey

[Southern Pines]

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.

[DMP1]

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.

[DEERSLAYERJOHN]

York county
1 hen and a single poult
7-10-12
single hen-no poults-under my bird feeder this afternoon
7-10-12

[Southern Pines]

BAMBERG , S. C.

4 - Gobblers
7 - 11 - 12
2 - Hens with 14 poults
7 - 11 - 12

[skeeter]

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

[DMP1]

Greenwood Co
7-12-12
3 hens
5 poults

[GarnetCarolina]

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

[Bosoxfan21]

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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[Southern Pines]

2012 Gobblers.jpg

Bamberg, S.C.

[JHampton]

Spartanburg county 7/17/2012
4 hens, 11 poults, 2 jakes, 2 toms

[deacon]

Anderson county
7-14-12
2 hens 20-30 poults(chicken size, flew across road)
Different field-1hen
different field-9 longbeards

[davisd9]

7/15/2012
Clarendon County
6 Jakes putting at a hawk in a tree.

[davisd9]

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.

[joshua]

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.

[deacon]

7-21-12
Anderson County
2 longbeards

[Huntmaster]

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?

[joshua]

Spartanburg county
7-24-12
7 longbeards at Milliken. These can be counted anytime and everyday of the week.

[280 Man]

Pickens Co.
7-26-12

[bangbird]

Berkeley 7/26/2012

1 hen - 12 poults

[skeeter]

Bamberg; 7/27/2012

2-hens - 10 poults
6-jakes
3-gobblers
1-quail -5 small ones

[DMP1]

Greenwood Co
7/27/12
2 toms
1 hen
6 poults

[Savage 99]

Norris 7/28/12 5 hens ,8 poults

[Southern Pines]

Bamberg Co

4 Jakes
2 hens
7 poults

[deacon]

Anderson/Pickens county line

7-28-12

3-5 hens 20-40 poults.

[bsb20]

Spartanburg county
7-24-12
7 longbeards at Milliken. These can be counted anytime and everyday of the week.

I see those at Miliken and USC upstate all the time.

[Southern Pines]

Bamberg Co

7 - 28

Hen with 7 poults

4 Toms

[Savage 99]

Norris 8/2/12 2 hens,6 half grown poults(walked within 20 yards of them,they paid me little attention.)

[SCcoonhunter]

8/3/12

Barnwell Co
2 gobblers
3 hens 0 poults

[SCcoonhunter]

8/8/12

Williston

3 Toms
2 Jakes

[joshua]

Laurens county
8-9-12
3 longbeards near Cold Point
2 hens and 11 poults near Clinton