Originally posted by maddogmech:
Sure wish they would hurry up and get er done, since they (bobcats) have increased in numbers on the farm I hunt in Swizterland Co. and the connecting farm to the south which the land owner has a pic of a female with 4 kits in it. And I have several pic with 1 and 2 cats in them. Over the last 5 yrs there has been a great decline in the turkey population. I know we had a bad winter last yr. but this has been over the last several yrs. My trail cam pics have not had any turkeys on 4 diff. cams.
As of last yr I have relocated feeding sights out of the tighter cover so the cats could not take advantage of the birds
Even decided to just let my son turkey hunt it too try and get the #'s back up.
sorry for turning the trapping thread to turkeys, but I feel the cats are really taking a toll on the birds. Also had a couple small coveys of quail but have not seen or heard them for a few years.
I bet Raccoons are doing more damage than Bobcats as far as your Turkey #'s declining... But if you are seeing that much Bobcat activity on trail cams, then I would say you have a very healthy population of Cats in your area...
