Hampton Co.
We have a lot of birds and have ever since the area was restocked in the 80s.
Don't know what the stocking is but I would estimate we have as many as 200 birds (just an estimate) on the place possibly.
I think most importantly you have to preserve the roost sites as well as key habitats surrounding those where possible.
Open woodlands where turkeys can turkey and see predators to avoid conflict is a must.
My goal has been to improve upon these areas and have some continuity of mature woodlands connecting one key "prime habitat area" to the next one.
For example, I am allowing pond edges to mature and also adding planted pine fringes to become part of the pond edge.
We typically kill 12-16 birds on 4,500 acres and never worry about not having birds!
We do not lease the place and are pretty controlling about who's going where etc.
Pressure is very light....
We harvested much of our mature river bottom due to beavers and it as hurt in that area.
We have a large Carolina Bay that the fringes were clear-cut 20 years or so ago and are finally getting birds back in the area on the regular....finally!
I don't have the birds we had in the early 90's but I will soon!
Last edited by Calibogue; 03-28-2017 at 03:23 PM.
\"I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A small bird will drop dead frozen from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.\" <br />D.H. LAWRENCE
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