O what a beautiful sight.

[surjimmy]

Man, I see sights like that every time my friends and I get together.LOL....

 

[mike miller]

Sitting at my desk watching t.v. and look out the window in the yard, a hen and a jake just went across the yard west and crossed under the fence. Got the ol box call out and hit it a couple of licks , he gobbled and two more to the East gobbled. One came out of the trees to the East strutting into the pasture. Lightining hit and they gobbled, and now the rain came and they came back across the yard heading East. Just enough to get the blood going, and now go to Turkey Banquet in OKC tonight at the Sportsman Club. Come join us. Have a MILLER knife for the auction.

 

[dennishoddy]

We had some toms in the front yard today. The tile contractor was freaking out as he hunts turkey and rarely see them. I got the box call out, and had them gobbling. Its really interesting to watch them up close when they are doing that. You can tell its just a reaction. They sure didn't want to leave the sunflower seeds the wife puts out for the birds.

 

[ElkStalkR]

Sorry to kill the buzz. Just getting you ready for the reality of turkey season. My turkey hunting area, is covered up with them during deer season, but darned hard to come by in turkey season.
I suspect sombody across the river is baiting them.

Its possible that this the cause but I highly doubt bait is the sole culprit. It is extremely common for large flocks of turkeys to winter and then break up and not use thier wintering ground much during the spring. For instance my property in Payne county. We will have a large flock roosting on our place all fall and winter then come spring they break up and go north and east of us, but never roost on our place. Then I have to coax lone toms back across my fence during the day when they are out cruising.

 

[thaHooligan]

i see about 30 of them down the creek from my house about 2 miles away, but i never see them at the creek near my house....how far do turkey normally roam ?

 

[dennishoddy]

If they aren't pressured, they will roam a square mile at times in our neck of the woods. Can't say about the easterns, as I don't have a lot of experience with them. Really depends on how much food they have. Lots of food, and they will pretty much camp out there.

 

[ElkStalkR]

Turkeys are funny little guys. They are where they are, and by that I mean you can see tons of them regularly on one mile section and go just a mile or two away and you will never see a single bird.