Here is a picture of a hen on a nest in one of the woods I hunt.She has been on it for over two and a half weeks that I know of. There are 18 eggs in the nest,which is the most I have ever seen in one nest.
Hen on Nest
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Here is a picture of a hen on a nest in one of the woods I hunt.She has been on it for over two and a half weeks that I know of. There are 18 eggs in the nest,which is the most I have ever seen in one nest.
That's awesome!! I love that. For as big as turkeys are, I have only ever found one actual nest with eggs in it. I found the remains of a eaten turkey this morning, right before I saw a coyote near by. Makes me wonder how many sitting hens like that are taken off of the nest. If she let a silly human approach her ( no offense, all humans are silly ) then I am pretty sure she would be an easy target for a hungry yote. Hope she makes us and brings forth to you many future hens and gobblers!! Can you describe the type of area the nest was in? It looks pretty thick with some young elm and hickory coming in, was it an edge ?
dante322
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shes doing a good job keeping the coons away. I think they are the reason we dont have any poults from last year. hope they can survive the coyotes till they can fly.
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I took the picture with a Telephoto lense. I was not as close as it looks. I took the egg picture about 8
o and the hen at10:30.I have ambled onto quite e few nests over the years,while mushroom hunting & turkey hunting,but I have never seen that many eggs in one before. I also found a hen carcass gotten by a yote or fox this morning,some time in the last couple days.Wasn't much left.I also think coons get allot of the eggs. Glad you enjoyed the pics.
o and the hen at10:30.I have ambled onto quite e few nests over the years,while mushroom hunting & turkey hunting,but I have never seen that many eggs in one before. I also found a hen carcass gotten by a yote or fox this morning,some time in the last couple days.Wasn't much left.I also think coons get allot of the eggs. Glad you enjoyed the pics.
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Huckleberry Finn
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I put a trail camera on the nest while she was off it yesterday. I should get some interesting pics.,will share is I do .
