Turkeys, turkeys everywhere!

[hunter24605]

Went to try to fill a doe tag at the cabin and 30+ turkeys were in the field. Hope they hang out until spring!

 

[JD338]

A welcome sight to see Howie. We have a group of 6 big Tom's hanging around here. Every time I see these shooters, it starts my Turkey Fever.

JD338

 

[trapper10]

Same thing here. Come breeding season the gobblers disperse to their leks to attract and breed hens.

What is an Exploded Lek? - The National Wild Turkey Federation...

www.nwtf.org

 

[GregoryB.]

I walked down to my stand the other day in the holler and the hillside was covered in turkeys.

 

[wvbuckbuster]

Pulled a camera yesterday and the turkeys had been in the area the day before. No bucks though, lol.

 

[Hunter26]

We're covered up in turkeys right now as well. Most won't be around when you can actually shoot them, par for the course.

 

[trapper10]

I just saw a flock go to roost while deer hunting. With all the cackling, it sounded like an urban block party ...lol

 

[JD338]

From this morning...

JD338

 

[diverdown]

My buddy's got a flock of 15 that are in the back yard. He's also got 30,000 acres of preserve behind him which harbors a lot of game. The turkeys spend a lot of their time on his back porch eating corn so I guess hunting for them wouldn't be a fair proposition.

 

[trapper10]

I have gobblers attacking their own reflection in our patio door and my chrome truck wheels in breeding season. Great game birds!

 

[Teknys]

Yep - Lots of Turkeys here in the yard. Our canyon is loaded with them ! Very entertaining!
I’m actually going to take one this spring for my first time, and try cooking it or make jerky. I’ll probably use an arrow. Been wading thru turkeys for over 40 years and just never had the desire to hunt one.

 

[JD338]

Yep - Lots of Turkeys here in the yard. Our canyon is loaded with them ! Very entertaining!
I’m actually going to take one this spring for my first time, and try cooking it or make jerky. I’ll probably use an arrow. Been wading thru turkeys for over 40 years and just never had the desire to hunt one.

It's an addiction.

JD338

 

[Bruce Mc]

When I was a kid, we had a place to hunt in the Texas hill country. Across the canyon I hunted was a stand of very old and large live oak trees. Generally there would be a hundred or more turkeys roasted there. As soon as the sun hit the trees they'd fly from the roost and scatter out into any of the three canyons that spread off of it. They'd eventually come up the canyon to where I was sitting.