Vanishing turkeys are causing concern in Tennessee
Where have all the turkeys gone? That’s the question more and more hunters in Wilson County and some other areas around the state are asking, and so far they aren’t getting any answers. Roy Denney, whose Gladeville farm in years past had been a turkey haven, experienced a dismal spring season. Even more disconcerting in terms of the future is the fact that Denney has seen no newly-hatched turkeys this year. “I haven’t seen a single poult for the first time in five or six years,” Denney says. “And I’m seeing maybe one-fourth of the hens and gobblers I used to see.