It’s a sight that’ll bring a tear to the eye of even the most hardened turkey hunter or researcher: a turkey nest decimated by predators that feast on egg clutches. To biologists and hunters, it means yet another unsuccessful nesting effort contributing to dwindling turkey populations across the country.
Scientists say the number of turkeys in the U.S. has been on the decline for decades. From 2014 to 2019, University of Georgia professor Dr. Michael Chamberlain and colleagues estimated an 18% overall decline.
