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Turkey time is coming!

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Re: Turkey time is coming!

Post by Henry88 » Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:47 pm

Sounds like our Sand Hill Cranes, ubiquitous and almost domestic :D

Turkeys down here use the jungle, and all it's obsticals and challenges to their advantage. They can be taken, but you have to be lucky or good.
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Re: Turkey time is coming!

Post by Redthies » Wed Mar 06, 2019 7:18 pm

Mags wrote:.
as a Bearded turkey? :roll: Nice pose.
Redthies wrote:...my hillbilly bbq outfit (you gotta look the part!) from last night:
Turkey for sure. Bearded is a bit premature with only 3 days growth!
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Re: Turkey time is coming!

Post by Redthies » Thu Mar 07, 2019 5:44 pm

Henry88 wrote:Sounds like our Sand Hill Cranes, ubiquitous and almost domestic :D

Turkeys down here use the jungle, and all it's obsticals and challenges to their advantage. They can be taken, but you have to be lucky or good.
Sandhills is supposed to be good eating, no?

Our brush is really thick too and it’s hard to get close. I usually bring both a shotgun and a .22 so if I can’t get them close enough, I have the option of sniper mode. It’s not as sporting, but the fellow who owns the land I hunt on really wants me to take a bird as he is over run!
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Re: Turkey time is coming!

Post by Shawlerbrook » Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:15 am

Yes, the month of May is a beautiful time to watch the woods come alive here in Central NYS.
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Re: Turkey time is coming!

Post by Vaquero » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:01 am

Redthies wrote:
Henry88 wrote:Sounds like our Sand Hill Cranes, ubiquitous and almost domestic :D

Turkeys down here use the jungle, and all it's obsticals and challenges to their advantage. They can be taken, but you have to be lucky or good.
Sandhills is supposed to be good eating, no?

Our brush is really thick too and it’s hard to get close. I usually bring both a shotgun and a .22 so if I can’t get them close enough, I have the option of sniper mode. It’s not as sporting, but the fellow who owns the land I hunt on really wants me to take a bird as he is over run!
Hey Red, here in TN only shotgun or bow are legal.
Here's a pic from this past Fall during our muzzle loader season.
If you look in the back you can see a couple deer also.
There were about two dozen turkeys just out of sight off to the right.
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Re: Turkey time is coming!

Post by Vaquero » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:07 am

Get some things together
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Re: Turkey time is coming!

Post by RanchRoper » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:44 am

We've had the whole family visiting all winter....
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Re: Turkey time is coming!

Post by Redthies » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:24 am

That’s some beautiful country Vaquero!
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Re: Turkey time is coming!

Post by Henry88 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 12:57 pm

RanchRoper wrote:We've had the whole family visiting all winter....
The one I saw a couple of weeks ago had a bright red beard. You could see it 300 yds away, though I was only 100ft.

RR (or anybody) is that a seasonal thing like antlers?

Cause those are the only turkeys I think we can shoot.
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Re: Turkey time is coming!

Post by RanchRoper » Sat Mar 16, 2019 12:59 pm

No idea...
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