Brood X Cicada hatch could benefit turkey populations

[Bonefreak]

Could be just what’s needed for states that have had declining turkey populations. 
 

Cicadas will be a good food source for turkeys.....but even more importantly....they will fill the bellies of nest rading predators and poult killers and keep these bastuds preoccupied!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/lifestyle/gobble-gobble-experts-predict-wild-160531690.html

Edited May 15, 2021 by Bonefreak

[Trophy8]

Wet springs are always detrimental to the hatch....but agree a abundant food source is good.

[Buck154]

We don't have that many around here to make any difference 

[gobblergetter]

Thanks for the info.

That's something I never knew or thought about.

We can use all the help we can get right now

[MRMCR]

Last time it was pretty wild.......cicadas staked up like cord wood....especially in Westfield.....heard the noise all summer........and they did smell when dead and piled up.......cicada killer is an interesting  hornet ??....they catch them in air and bring them under ground to their nest.......

[Bonefreak]

6 hours ago, gobblergetter said:

Thanks for the info.

That's something I never knew or thought about.

We can use all the help we can get right now

Mike, what’s your thoughts on this downward trend of turkey populations?  As a dedicated trapper and turkey warrior, your input would be interesting. Also, any info about the turkey study you were assisting with, I believe it was East Stroudburgh University....reference West Nile I think??

And....did u see this video Fred Flintstone put up of a comprehensive Georgia study collecting various data points about turkey survival?  
 

 

[Fred Flintstone]

So when do these Cicadas pop out of the ground?

 Last time, I  saw them, I  tookmy Mother to the Ringwood State Park's  Botanical Gardens and these Red Eyed Cicadas were everywhere.  That was years back.

[Nomad]

Hope so, turkeys are wiped out in my spots.  

[Cripple Shot]

Shrimp of the land.

I never did but was wondering if anyone ever tried them?

[Zone50BugNerd]

5 hours ago, Fred Flintstone said:

 

So when do these Cicadas pop out of the ground?

 

Soil temp needs to be 64 degrees at 12-18 inches and then it’s on.  Brood X is the largest brood of periodical cicadas.  What we saw in 2013 was a different brood, much smaller.  

[BHC]

nothing here in my area