Anyone else worried what this snow/freeze will do to the turkeys as well as other game birds across the state?? The warmup/melt can't get here fast enough.

I'm hoping the turkeys are flying down and hanging with the deer in our cut corn fields up north. The covey of quail hopefully are on the neighbors place in the weeded pasture. Not sure how much snow there is in Jefferson County but the covey down there has a nice briar patch that should be where no snow drift should affect it, so I'm hoping for the best. Does make you worry though for many of the birds.

I'm really worried here... this is bad!

No snow in jefferson not even covering the Grass alot of that melted yesterday

You suck!!

14" plus in Mooresville,Im with you gundude...After the blizzard of 78 for years no quail could be heard around my moms house were it held 6 too 8 coveys. The birds I have transplanted there will probably be gone after this mess. The snow is crusted over and the birds cannot get out from under it, and if they happen to be on top they cant get to weed seed to survive. Just like the blizzard.

This is nothing like the Blizzard of 1978.....birds will be fine.

Don't know about the quail, but those long-legged turkeys should be fine. They can scratch up a meal in lots of places. If the snow is too deep in the picked corn and bean fields they can always scratch around in the woods where the snow is not very deep. This is especially true under some cedar and pine trees. Also, do turkeys eat the seeds of the large cedar trees?

I saw a flock of 50+ in one field and another dozen or so in a different field yesterday. They were all feeding just fine. You have to remember that while we have 12"-18" of snow (depending on where you are) that the winds open up spots or create thin spots in the fields. That is where the birds will go and feed. A few will be lost, heck we lose a few in even a mild winter, but for the most part they will be fine.

I agree with Derek... For the most part turkeys should be fine....