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Severe weather damages crops, helps drought-impacted areas
By Jennifer Whitlock
Field Editor
What a ride Texas weather has taken us on so far in 2021., and it’s only May. Nearly an entire week of wet weather has Texas farmers and ranchers simultaneously feeling thankful and concerned, depending on their location.
Rainfall totals ranging from less than an inch to 14 inches were reported as days of downpours, flash floods and severe storms washed across the Lone Star State.
Panhandle/South Plains
After suffering from drought for much of the last year, the Texas Panhandle saw rainfall totals for the month running well above normal in many locations.
“We had great production in 2019, so those birds are now two-year-olds across most of the [Rio Grande wild turkey] range. And we had another good year of production last year, so there will be a lot of jakes out there, which bodes well for new hunters or folks that are just out looking to put a bird in the freezer and also bodes well for the 2021-2022 season, because we’ll have a lot of two- and three-year old birds next year,” Hardin said. “Time will tell what production will be like this year, but for now it looks good. I’ve been out around the state and seen birds strutting and gobbling from North Texas all the way to the Rio Grande River.”
Texas hunters ready for 2021 spring turkey season
Brownwood Bulletin
Fruitful nesting seasons in 2019 and 2020 contribute to a promising outlook for this year’s Texas spring turkey hunting season.
While the South Texas zone is already open for spring turkey season, activity across much of the state will officially begin April 3, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Wild Turkey Program Leader Jason Hardin.
There should be many successful Texas hunters this season no matter the location, he said in an interview with the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network.
“We had great production in 2019, so those birds are now two-year-olds across most of the [Rio Grande wild turkey] range. And we had another good year of production last year, so there will be a lot of jakes out there, which bodes well for new hunters or folks that are just out looking to put a bird in the freezer and also bodes well for the 2021-2022 season, because we’ll have a lot of two- and three-year old b