[bamaranger]

I've not seen a bobcat take out a mature turkey, but I know trusted people who have. I have also had coyotes hammer my turkey dekes, and I've run into 'yotes moving on a gobbling bird as I have been doing same.. I've also had a redtail hawk hammer a deke.

But.......habitat management is important......in recent years timber leases have been logging during nesting season.. Likely common for a decade, that cannot help the bird numbers. And the kicker is, it is on state land allegedly managed for wildlife....what a joke.

I'd guess turkeys are most vulnerable in the nest, as eggs, then poults. The decline of fur trapping and coon hunting in my area likely has effected bird numbers as well

But I'm still gonna hunt'em............