The Turkeys are Back

[ZigZagZeke]

The wild turkeys are back at our place this year, with chicks...

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[Bealzybub]

Excellent

 

[Mikej]

Cool! You know, I always thought that if I had a good chunk of property that had something like wild turkeys living there that I'd figure a way to snare one a time or two a year and EAT IT! Kind of like "My land, MY bird". Yeah.

 

[slimmer13]

Filthy creatures. They run off the deer and are barely edible. In these parts they can be as thick and as much a nuisance as feral hogs.

 

[Sstrand]

Drat! . . . I thought the thread referred to the democrat convention!?!?!?!?!?

Sheldon

 

[Stomper]

Are they nasty like wild duck is? Domestic turkey & duck is just fine, but wild duck... bleck!

 

[slimmer13]

Are they nasty like wild duck is? Domestic turkey & duck is just fine, but wild duck... bleck!

They can be alright with enough smoker or crock pot love but then again, so would my Danners.

 

[Bealzybub]

Pop off the young ones, thats the key. 2 year old or less. Shootin one of those big ol 30 pounders is awful tempting but they are the proverbial "tough old birds". Get a young one with a tiny beard and they are tasty.

 

[ZigZagZeke]

Filthy creatures. They run off the deer and are barely edible. In these parts they can be as thick and as much a nuisance as feral hogs.

We don't seem to have any shortage of deer either.

 

[Medic!]

Just don't feed those baggers!

 

[slimmer13]

Just don't feed those baggers!

My BIL invested in a top of the line deer feeder and a bunch of corn. Worked great for a few days until the turkeys found it. Then it was a turkey feeder

 

[Bealzybub]

There ya go. Big bird..........

 

[Brutus57]

Literally the day after Thanksgiving 18 months ago seven wild turkeys started roaming our area (think rocky woods/hills and cleared fields with a house few couple acres or so. 1 by 1 they disappeared, going to work this week I saw a couple of turkey buzzards feasting on the carcass of the last one. The turkey, had hoped to discover why the chicken had crossed the road....alas, it merely was the turkey inside the turkey buzzard.

Brutus Out

 

[jsparks747]

Just don't feed those baggers!

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I feed them at one of my hunting locations, with lead!!

 

[jsparks747]

The wild turkeys are back at our place this year, with chicks...

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Well guys, TURKEY HUNT AT ZIG'S PLACE!!!