Hawks are protected
For many of us turkey season is just about here and then for others turkey season never ends.
From the time an egg is laid, there is a predator looking for a ready-made omelet. Snakes of all descriptions, skunks, crows, ravens, opossums, raccoons, rodents, dogs and coyotes, to name a few, are on the lookout for a nest and an easy lunch. About half of the turkey nests make it to hatching.
Life is no easier for a turkey poult either. The above listed predators, along with hawks, owls, foxes, and other large predators like cougars and eagles in some parts of the country, will grab a young unsuspecting poult. The point to remember is that all of these predators will take turkey eggs, poults or, under the right circumstances, adults; but most of their diet consists of small birds, rodents and rabbits.
To improve your turkey hunting control the predators that compete with you.
Snakes will eat eggs in the nest
Not uncommen for turkey hunters to get the surprise of their life when they call in a bobcat instead of that gobbler
The coyote might not ever get the road runner but they get their fair share of turkey dinners
