Reproductive characteristics of a wild turkey population in central Mississippi

Article Abstract:

Little long-term information into wild turkey reproduction exists, although there is an abundance of detailed knowledge of basic demographic criteria. A new study uses 13 years of observations of wild turkeys in central Mississippi to estimate the effect of reproductive parameters on population dynamics. The study confirms a wide yearly variation on reproductive parameters and shows that population decline can be partially attributed to low productivity. A simple population model shows that wild turkey numbers in the Tallahala Wildlife management Area will be obliterated within nine years.

Demographic aspects, Birds, Animal reproduction

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Survival and cause-specific mortality of wild turkey hens in central Mississippi

Article Abstract:

Some wild turkey populations may be limited by the low survival rates of hens and poults, and effective wildlife management needs a better understanding of mortality and recruitment in such populations. A new study in the Bienville National Forest, MS, seeks to determine annual survival rates for reproductively active and nonreproductively active hens. The study shows that predation is the main cause of death for wild turkey hens, especially when reproductively active.

Research, Patient outcomes, Mortality, Wildlife management, Predation (Biology)

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Chronology of wild turkey nesting, gobbling, and hunting in Mississippi

Article Abstract:

Researchers collected data on wild turkeys in Mississippi over 12 years from 1984. The data revealed that there was only one peak gobbling period, not two as traditionally believed, and that the beginning of incubation did not normally coincide with gobbling activity. This information has implications for the timing of the spring hunting season, which, to assist hunters and to protect nesting hens, is usually set around the assumed second gobbling period.

Observations

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