Originally Posted by JamesJr
Originally Posted by 10Glocks
The Bald Eagles are killing them. I have proof.

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In my neck of the woods, the turkeys are bigger than the eagles and fight back.

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They're fighting over the whiskey.

I have no doubt turkeys fight back. But the flight abilities and hardware on an eagle trump the turkey's. And the proliferation of eagles must be having an impact. I saw so many eagles last spring season, more than I'd ever seen in the past. We have so many eagle here in southestern Virginia. A few years ago I saw one attack a Blue Heron in the top of a cypress tree, drive it off, and carry away the Heron poult.

In fact, the numbers of raptors of all kinds have exploded. Even small Coopers Hawks will take poults and I see those every day. They're everywhere. I saw a Coppers Hawk tailing two crows, catch up underneath, pull an Immelman. and snatch a crow and try to carry it off in the direction it had just come. I find feathers in my yard all the time from Cooper Hawk attacks on doves.

Given all the raptors out there, its amazing turkey poults survive at all.

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