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Posted: 10/16/2022 2:34:25 PM EDT
2 adults, 8 kids. The juveniles are damn near as big as the parents now. Found some feathers today. It's a nice way to spend a Sunday.
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Posted: 10/16/2022 2:44:40 PM EDT
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I always thought turkey feathers were kind of neat looking.
But damn, if they aren't some ugly ass birds! |
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Posted: 10/16/2022 2:49:56 PM EDT
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Glad to hear of some poults. Their numbers are in massive decline across most of their range.
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Posted: 10/16/2022 2:57:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: But damn, if they aren't some ugly ass birds!  |
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Posted: 10/16/2022 3:18:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryGoes well with mashed potatoes and gravy. 
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Posted: 10/16/2022 3:20:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Glad to hear of some poults. Their numbers are in massive decline across most of their range. A huge flock hangs around my area frequently. Been killing coyotes on a regular basis. Hopefully, next year they will increase in numbers. |
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Posted: 10/16/2022 3:24:15 PM EDT
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Under Reagan we had a Flock Of Seaguls.
Under sponge brain shit pants we have a flock of turkeys. |
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Posted: 10/16/2022 9:49:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Under Reagan we had a Flock Of Seaguls. Under sponge brain shit pants we have a flock of turkeys. OMG RHAT RIGHT THERE IS QUOTABLE! |
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Posted: 10/16/2022 9:54:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A huge flock hangs around my area frequently. Been killing coyotes on a regular basis. Hopefully, next year they will increase in numbers. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Glad to hear of some poults. Their numbers are in massive decline across most of their range. A huge flock hangs around my area frequently. Been killing coyotes on a regular basis. Hopefully, next year they will increase in numbers. Turkeys kill coyotes? |
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Posted: 10/16/2022 10:00:40 PM EDT
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My best friend has 100 acres south of San Antonio, the turkey population there has been growing steadily over the past several years. Their internal clocks are pretty strong, they show up at the deer feeder for corn before the deer do.
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Posted: 10/16/2022 10:13:12 PM EDT
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I live in suburban Milwaukee and the population just keeps growing. See them on a lot of the public golf courses now.
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Posted: 10/16/2022 10:14:50 PM EDT
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I drove through Plymouth MI on Saturday and one was standing in the road on Main. Fucker wouldn't move for the cars.
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Posted: 10/16/2022 10:15:36 PM EDT
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Their heads may be ugly, but the only other bird with as many colors and variations in their plumage is the pigeon.
And when the Tom’s head goes chalk white or blue, it is cool to see. |
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Posted: 10/16/2022 10:19:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/16/2022 10:24:08 PM EDT
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Been out bowhunting 5 times this season. Seen turks 3 of those times. Once was a morning hunt when I climbed a tree into a bunch roosted overhead.
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Posted: 10/16/2022 10:26:22 PM EDT
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Cool! You find antler sheds too?
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Posted: 10/16/2022 10:30:24 PM EDT
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Running turkeys look like velociraptors. I was sitting in a low spot watching a flock run across a pasture so they were at eye level then add binos. Raptors!
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Posted: 10/16/2022 10:32:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryIn before a mod thinks it’s something else and CoC’s it. 
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Posted: 10/16/2022 10:38:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My best friend has 100 acres south of San Antonio, the turkey population there has been growing steadily over the past several years. Their internal clocks are pretty strong, they show up at the deer feeder for corn before the deer do. Hopefully your friend is killing off the hogs or they will decimate the turkey habitat and nest. |
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Posted: 10/16/2022 10:38:36 PM EDT
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Quoted: 2 adults, 8 kids. The juveniles are damn near as big as the parents now. Found some feathers today. It's a nice way to spend a Sunday. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/427921/IMG_20221016_142937262_jpg-2565319.JPG Seems like an opportunity.....  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/16/2022 10:56:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Running turkeys look like velociraptors. I was sitting in a low spot watching a flock run across a pasture so they were at eye level then add binos. Raptors! Don't go into the long grass! |
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Posted: 10/16/2022 10:58:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My best friend has 100 acres south of San Antonio, the turkey population there has been growing steadily over the past several years. Their internal clocks are pretty strong, they show up at the deer feeder for corn before the deer do. This. Several years ago my buddy and I came into hunting permission on a piece of land a dentist friend of ours owns. There was a small stream lined with cottonwoods on the East side of the section. We’d set up a deer feeder and some stands in there for later. The turkeys had taken to roosting in the cottonwoods nearby and coming down to the feeder in the morning. We set up around twenty yards out, looking to call some Toms out from the tree line. Then we hear this otherworldly screeching. Like fucking chimpanzees at war. Had no idea what the hell was going on, but the commotion caused the turkeys to fly down on the other side of the tree line. We were screwed. So we moved south, set up against the tree line where it bent around with the stream. Decoys out we started calling. Got some responses, but never saw a turkey. I did see a coyote come looking… she ran to within five yards of my decoy and I rolled her up. I wasn’t getting a turkey that day. Hung the ‘yote on the fence. Picked up our decoys, and walked to the feeder. Re-filled it and got the SD out of the game camera. The screeching? Two big male raccoons tearing into each other. No idea why, don’t know raccoons or their behavior. But damn they were loud. Cost us our turkeys that day. God I love hunting. |
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Posted: 10/16/2022 11:00:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Under Reagan we had a Flock Of Seaguls. Under sponge brain shit pants we have a flock of turkeys. Hehehe... nice. And Iran... ran so far away... |
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Posted: 10/16/2022 11:07:43 PM EDT
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As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
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Posted: 10/16/2022 11:10:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: But damn, if they aren't some ugly ass birds! Let’s leave Hope Solo out of this. |
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Posted: 10/16/2022 11:22:14 PM EDT
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I see them in my area too.
The other day I saw a roadrunner too. Haven't seen one of them in a while. |
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Posted: 10/16/2022 11:25:40 PM EDT
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It's all good until they start shitting on your car...
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Posted: 10/17/2022 2:57:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's all good until they start shitting on your car... https://mediacloud.carbuyer.co.uk/image/private/s--X-WVjvBW--/f_auto,t_content-image-full-desktop@1/v1579627024/carbuyer/2017/05/3260914461_259beb972d_b.jpg That doesn't look like turkey shit. Did you take that pic? |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 3:28:03 AM EDT
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Quoted: 2 adults, 8 kids. The juveniles are damn near as big as the parents now. Found some feathers today. It's a nice way to spend a Sunday. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/427921/IMG_20221016_142937262_jpg-2565319.JPG We have them all over here. They walk in the road and cause traffic jams. We're not allowed to hunt them, though. If S does ever HTF, we have plenty to eat around here. 
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Posted: 10/17/2022 11:30:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. Define "fly" They "fly" into trees to roost at night. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 11:43:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Define "fly" They "fly" into trees to roost at night. @TailHunter  WKRP "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" Thanksgiving |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:02:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Define "fly" They "fly" into trees to roost at night. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. Define "fly" They "fly" into trees to roost at night. For a few years, there was a flock of them who would sleep in the trees right behind my (as close as 20 feet away). The “thump” of their wings when they would take off from the ground was impressive; used to startle me all the time. I could also tell when sundown was almost to the minute, they would fly up there just a few minutes before sunset. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:14:03 PM EDT
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We have flocks of turkeys in our area. We had some windstorms last summer and danged if it didn't blow one into my back yard. First time ever.
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:16:41 PM EDT
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3 to 4 weeks ago I drove up on a hen and about 12-15 chicks.
The last two weeks three small toms have been hanging out in the front yard. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:17:21 PM EDT
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one hit wonder
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:20:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Define "fly" They "fly" into trees to roost at night. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. Define "fly" They "fly" into trees to roost at night. I watched one fly up into a dogwood tree last Friday morning. There were 9 of them milling about and one flew into the tree, I guess to get to the berries. I had never witnessed one doing that while feeding but I have seen them fly up to roost many times. They aren't very graceful when they soar down and land, its more like a controlled crash. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:31:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Glad to hear of some poults. Their numbers are in massive decline across most of their range. Not here in east Tennessee. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:38:10 PM EDT
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We've got a bunch of turkeys in our area (saw some this morning) that are always fun to watch.
I do believe that it's illegal to collect their feathers without a permit however. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:40:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A huge flock hangs around my area frequently. Been killing coyotes on a regular basis. Hopefully, next year they will increase in numbers. I thought opossum and raccoons were eating the eggs as well. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:41:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cool! You find antler sheds too? I've found one shed and one deer skull with a single antler attached. I don't have good luck finding sheds. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:41:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Glad to hear of some poults. Their numbers are in massive decline across most of their range. Huh, that's interesting. We're swamped, they're a freaking traffic hazard in this neck of the woods. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:41:52 PM EDT
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Mom had a pair in her neighborhood before covid. I suspect for the year of no activity their nest did not get disturbed and now there’s a bunch of all ages running around
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:42:03 PM EDT
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Our farm has lots of turkeys, we will see 100+ after the corn is harvested gleaning the fields.
A few years worth of antler sheds.  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:43:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:49:36 PM EDT
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There is a big flock that lives in the treeline of the field next door. They range up and down the cornfield that is right next to my house, and at times have been in my backyard snacking under the bird feeder.
We had to fence the yard to keep in our new rescued nearly-feral coonhound, and moved the feeder to the front yard. There was a turkey strolling along my front walk this spring before we took the feeder down. We can hunt them here but we don't. We kind of like watching them more. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:51:59 PM EDT
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Haven't seen any flocks of turkeys around here.
Saw Flock of Seagulls here back in the 1980s, though. They didn't know how to play their instruments. Audience boo'ed them and threw shit at them. Seagulls ended the concert and flew away. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:54:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Glad to hear of some poults. Their numbers are in massive decline across most of their range. There are more turkeys here than squirrels in a lot of places. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 3:07:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We've got a bunch of turkeys in our area (saw some this morning) that are always fun to watch. I do believe that it's illegal to collect their feathers without a permit however. One person shits the bed and everyone is forced to wear diapers. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 3:14:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I thought opossum and raccoons were eating the eggs as well. I think I killed off the last coon in this area six months ago, along with that pesky ring-tailed cat. Opussum? Not around here. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 3:15:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/capReference-550.jpg The ones who don't understand have missed a large swath of Americana. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 3:19:02 PM EDT
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They’re cool birds.
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