2024 Turkeys For Tomorrow Field Day at Medway Plantation

Chip Byrd with PLM sets prescribed fire June 7

Turkeys For Tomorrow (TFT) is a conservation group out of Alabama that is building grass roots efforts across the Southeast. Set up as a 501c3 organization three years ago, their mission is to address the drastic reduction in wild turkey populations. TFT partners with S.C.-based Private Land Management (PLM) to hold a Habitat Field Day on June 7 in Goose Creek at Medway Plantation. 

To read the feature story in the Post and Courier newspaper click on Tideline. 

Turkey poults in Spring of 2024

The hot and sunny weather did not deter private landowners from attending the field day, where any shade and a breeze were welcome. Field Tour stops included a trapping demo, viewing of both brood and nesting cover, a prescribed fire demo and a hack and squirt demo. The 8 AM start time allowed Jason Lupardus and Pete Daugherty from TFT and Jason Hewett and Chip Byrd from PLM to address attendees, before heading into the field.

To view past blog entries on wild turkeys click on 2020 Turkey Season Changes - 2016 Turkey Season Changes / Tideline

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