Jason Hewett is owner of Private Land Management Co. in S.C., and he spent years amassing experience as a plantation manager in the Lowcountry. He managed for trophy bass, mature whitetails, and sustainable bag limits for doves and ducks. “We had wild turkeys too, and I could see over time that their numbers are a reflection of the habitat they are in,” said Hewett. “It doesn’t matter what species you are talking about, habitat is the No.1 issue for all of them. Habitat loss is a key to wild turkey decline, and no other influence is greater.”
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Charles Ruth is the Big Game Program Coordinator for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), and he would be the first to defer to other studies, but the new data from an S.C. study site is looking hopeful. “While the SCDNR summer turkey brood survey program dates back to the 1980’s, it’s a new study at the Savannah River Site (SRS) that has potential as a roadmap forward,” said Ruth. “We have completed three years of wild turkey studies at SRS on 40,000-acres with our research partners, and the numbers show about three-times more poults produced over that time, than at other Southeastern study sites.”
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