cicada hatch and poult production

[JMalin]

any studies on this?  are we in for a bumper crop of toms two years from now in the eastern US?

[bigriverbum]

I noticed grasshoppers yesterday. That's 2 months early. We just been so dry. Wpuld think that will help poults

[AndyH]

Anytime there are cicada's in Ohio the kill numbers go up the following two years.


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[Parrot Head]

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/gobble-gobble-experts-predict-wild-160531690.html

[Spring Creek Calls]

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/gobble-gobble-experts-predict-wild-160531690.html

I believe this article hits the nail on the head for both turkeys and predators.

[turkey_slayer]

I've noticed population trends the couple of years after cicadas. Good hunting and the turkeys are healthy. I killed my top 3 heaviest turkeys after the last cicada hatch

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[mihunte]

I was pretty excited when I first read about the brood X hatch a couple months ago. Unfortunately, the hatch won't be as widespread as some articles might have you believe. Some made it seem like cicadas would be swarming everywhere east of the Mississippi, but it really is in pockets in several states. Indiana and MD I recall being two that are pretty well covered by this brood.

[Vintage]

I believe Ohio and Ky is in on them also.

[catman529]

There's a map of all the broods and their distribution and what years they hatch. We don't have this years hatch in my part of tennessee. Our next big hatch is 2024.


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[Gobble!]

There's a map of all the broods and their distribution and what years they hatch. We don't have this years hatch in my part of tennessee. Our next big hatch is 2024.


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Didn't know this. I'll need to look that up.

[bbcoach]

Some false or miss leading information here concerning Kentucky.  If the last hatch was 2008 and they come out every 17 years, Do the Math???

[Vintage]

I'll let you know this week should be here Thursday or friday. Maybe different in different parts of the state.

[catman529]

Some false or miss leading information here concerning Kentucky.  If the last hatch was 2008 and they come out every 17 years, Do the Math???

There are multiple different broods, some 13 and some 17 year.


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[Will]

My oldest son killed a bird a week and a half ago and his crop was filled with them. They were larvae stage without the wings. This was in Maryland and the bird was killed in a field.   

[HookedonHooks]

Don't matter how many cicadas there are to eat if the raccoons eat all the eggs. I'd imagine on places where coons are still trapped there could be bumper crops on those particular properties.