Turkey ?

[YoteSmoker]

I didn't think of this until just now, but two weeks ago when I shot my first turkey, I found the oddest thing while skinning it out. I found probably close to a half a dozen hard shelled snails in its crawl, more so than the grain I found. Have any of you turkey hunters ever seen anything like this? Is this normal? I know that grouse come out to the roads to get gravel for their crawl, but I never would have guessed turkeys ate exotic things like snails.

 

[DrMike]

They may not be exotic to the turkeys! :grin:

I know that they eat bugs, and I suppose that the snails address two issues, what with their desire for protein and also the need for material to grind seeds in the craw.

 

[JD338]

They may not be exotic to the turkeys! :grin:

I know that they eat bugs, and I suppose that the snails address two issues, what with their desire for protein and also the need for material to grind seeds in the craw.

I agree with DrMike.

JD338

 

[owenv]

Here in California and in France turkys enjoy eating something similar to snails. They dine on escargot.

 

[DrMike]

They dine on escargot.

I should have known that they would have expensive taste! Don't Californians usually take the snail out of the shell?