Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 1, 2013 18:27:48 GMT -5
Howdy folks, We have wild turkeys in the yard everyday. All the males are competing for hens right now so sometimes the hens fly over the game fence to get a little R&R where the males are not harassing them. My wife snapped this pic out the window, one of the hens lying down for a sunbath and nap in the bluebonnets....Mel  |
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Post by deb193redux on Apr 1, 2013 18:56:20 GMT -5
neat. are they year round or seasonal?
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 1, 2013 19:12:41 GMT -5
Daniel, Big flocks of mixed young'uns ( sort of teenies) all winter plus, the adult hens and toms all form separate flocks. Flocks range between 12 and maybe 50 turkeys then. This time of year the Toms are all drumming and struting and the females all split up into nesting territories until there are maybe 3-5 toms competing for the remaining few non nesting hens. Then in summer time-fall, the hens come out again and often combine broods of babies under one or two babysitters. The flocks can get pretty huge then, up to around 75 or so birds....Mel
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Post by helens on Apr 1, 2013 19:44:40 GMT -5
Very neat:)!! The flocks are getting big because you aren't eating them:P.
I eat lots of meat, and I am not a hypocrite about where meat comes from, but the idea of eating something I've watched or fed is sort of stomach turning.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 1, 2013 20:48:09 GMT -5
There are 3 turkey types around Ga/Fl.Florida has a tiny turkey called an Osceola.Two more north of Florida.The ones around Atlanta to the mountains in Tennessee is like an ostrich-big.They have made a remarkable comeback.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2013 21:27:08 GMT -5
nice Mel. You are making me excited and wanting to hunt! Noting better in every way than harvesting your own food.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 1, 2013 21:52:13 GMT -5
I only hunt with a camera now. Had to kill way too many critters when I was on the job and of course, having a taxidermist father, I had my fill of wild game by the time I left home *L*. Our ranch is a game preserve and we only harvest extra animals for sale for hunting elsewhere. Our turkeys are like pets and we've even named one of them, Old "Harold" follows us around like a puppy. I'm a happy carnivore but all my meat comes from the butcher......Mel
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Post by Rockoonz on Apr 1, 2013 21:56:33 GMT -5
Having been raised on home grown beef, it isn't hard at all to eat you own cute lil critters.
Raised rabbits for my FFA project as well, but I learned if you don't kill rabbits quickly when they're calm it changes the meat considerably.
Lee
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Post by bobby1 on Apr 2, 2013 0:59:01 GMT -5
Our turkeys are strutting around , too. I don't hunt but if they don't keep out of my grape vines this year I may just take up hunting!! Bob  |
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Post by texaswoodie on Apr 2, 2013 8:55:57 GMT -5
Wild turkeys are cool critters. I have to drive hundreds of miles to get a glimps of one and you guys have them running out your ears. Not fair.  Curt |
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