The animals will be fine, maybe not the young turkeys, but the adults will be fine. The deer will come right back to the same place amazingly. I have friends with leases on MS River islands and when there place floods and then recedes the exact same deer will appear on their trail cameras next season
This is gonna sound crazy at first, BUT bare with me - there is a theory about deer and the timing of the rut. Areas around large rivers (MS, Atch) tend to have late ruts on into February sometimes, this is thought to be because of the historical flooding regimes like we are experiencing now. Typically the floods happen during late spring (like now), the does are pregnant now but will not drop until mid-summer like July in order for the floodwaters to recede and the vegetation is at its best at this time once the plants start sprouting back = nutrition for the fawn.
Along the coast, the rut is very early (this is why bowseason starts in September). This is thought to be due to the historical hurricane seasons which are summer to early fall. The doe needs to get her fawn on the ground early (Feb/Mar) which is when the most food is available during spring greenup, but also that fawn will be large enough to be able to 'get the hell out of dodge' if a hurricane pops up.
It all sorta makes sense in the grand scheme of things, or does it?
