This video sheds light on the benefits of trapping and how it aids in the sustainable management and preservation of turkey populations.
Trapping can be a tool for wildlife managers and conservationists to maintain healthy turkey populations especially when paired with quality habitat.
In this educational video, we’ll discuss rising nest predator numbers and how habitat improvement techniques and trapping can contribute to the overall welfare of turkey populations.
Missouri 2021 Furbearer Program Report: https://mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/2021AnnualReport_furbearer.pdf
Missouri 2021 Wild Turkey Harvest and Population Report: https://mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/files/2022-06/2021%20Missouri%20Wild%20Turkey%20Status%20Report.pdf
Missouri Trappers Association Fur Auction Results: https://www.missouritrappers.com/post/2023-mta-fur-auction-results
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Great information! Definitely need to spend more time and effort trapping. The years I do it we're very successful. The years we don't, well we didn't really make any difference from the good years. Persistence I think is very important with trapping.
Keep the great information coming!
I could not agree more.
That tracks close! What’s the R^2 on that correlation for the nerds in the group?
It's a real shame we can't trap in the spring.we could make a real fast impact this time of year.
The state of Georgia now allows trappings possums and racoons year around in additions to coyotes .I have taken a total of 6 since the regular trapping season ended in Feb on my 70 acres .Turkey season ended this evening and hopefully I am helping more polts to survive .
You've been trapping in that area for over a decade and it doesn't appear that You've dropped "predator" numbers at all
As a lifelong trapper and hunter up here in Ontario, I totally agree. Kill every coon you can. They are good for nothing as far as I’m concerned.
Im a long time fan you guys are amazing in ur craft . Dont worry about the haters the lords the only one you need worry about
I own a small vineyard. I keep four Coon cuff traps and two coniber traps going non stop for about ten weeks each year, raccoons and opossums are extremely hard on grape production. My seasonal tally on these two egg eater species is always above 50 animals. Over the winter I leave my deer carcasses out and by shooting the same I run the annual tally to over 75 per year for the last six years. The increase in the number of turkeys has been steady and dramatic. Six traps and a few bullets can make a big impact
Your spot on, we need to do our part and control the predator populations.
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Thanks for sharing your videos and keep them coming please.
Racoon target very effectively turtles nests too.
Can you show techniques how to trap feral cats?
Thanks Grant, I’m all about removing coons and cats. We have a small turkey population around my neighborhood but I’m excited to see what happens to the population after removing a lot of furry critters over the next years.
NWTF discounts prices on seed. Why not dog proof traps? I caught 2 coons today. I'm trapping my 40 acres as much as I can.
We have taken roughly 75 off 60 acres the last few years and it’s paying off. More Gobbles, songbirds, and whipoorwhills!
One thing for sure is a dead coon wont nomatter how people think or see it he wont eat another egg now if people would go to work on hawks and owls like all the older farmers did you would see change for sure heck there is places its hard to find fox squirrel and rabbits use to be alot of em and everyone hunted em
Temptations Cat food drizzled with honey and sardine oil catches 'em all 👍🏼
154 coyotes in the last 2 years really helped this particular 400 acres. Coons are next.
Great info ,Thank you for your time
Stopped coon hunting with a dog right around 2013-14. Pelt prices went way down and we all went off to college. Never went back to it… I want to get traps just to help. I wish the pelt market would go back up
I've been trapping for 7 years now. I see more turkeys and quail every year. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Predators, Predators and more predators need removed!
Turkey numbers in the State of Missouri are way down, nest predators are way up, not so on the GrowingDeer tv proving grounds, nest predators numbers are down but not about to go extinct , Turkey and poults are way up on the GrowingDeer tv proving grounds "The proof is in the pudding." 👍👏👏 -William Liggett
Excellent video, thanks Grant! 😊
Awesome information Mr Woods! I love these types of episodes.
I have 75 acres. I was catching approximately 25 predators per year just by my cabin alone. Four years of not one photo of a poult. Last year I added more traps and caught 53 predators. This year I am already up to 37. I have a couple hens hanging around that are probably on nests. Hoping for my first poult photo. I just don't know where these coon and opossum keep coming from. They seem to call in reinforcements when I kill more. The state DNR's need to open predator trapping season all year long before there is nothing left.
Integrating common sense protocols goes a long way in wild game management! Great video. Thanks Grant.
That's Great I hunted last year in Missouri and one of the local farmers said nobody is trapping anymore and the turkey population is really down where we get one opening day for 20+ years 1:57
I ran 4 cage traps first 3 months of 2023 and took out 26 racoons and possums on our 523 ac tract. I hope I saved a nest or two!
Thank sir, great video
My Wifes Dog… 😅🤣😂
I have trapped 20 racoons on 40 acres this year. I still have racoons almost every night on my Moultrie cameras. Just over-run with racoons. I am not sure how any nest creatures survive.
You are spot on with the coons causing problems. The thing is when all the big properties don’t allow coon hunters and are afraid they run off the deer is where the problem begins. There is not enough public or private land for us coon hunters to hunt to control the population No one wants to give permission any more.
Very Good Video!