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Post by drfleck on May 3, 2017 8:57:47 GMT -5
Upon inspection of yesterday's gobbler I found his crop to be full of corn. Am I correct in believing that the crop contents have been recently consumed? If that's the case then it would appear someone is feeding or baiting with corn. I don't know much about farming but it seems a bit early for corn to be on the stalk. Anybody else find this with your bird?
Thanks
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Post by nfalls116 on May 3, 2017 9:30:10 GMT -5
Maybe it's freshly planted?
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Post by antiwheeze on May 3, 2017 9:52:14 GMT -5
Upon inspection of yesterday's gobbler I found his crop to be full of corn. Am I correct in believing that the crop contents have been recently consumed? If that's the case then it would appear someone is feeding or baiting with corn. I don't know much about farming but it seems a bit early for corn to be on the stalk. Anybody else find this with your bird? Thanks Buddy said there was corn in his also. The only thing beside someone feeding them we could think of would be corn for cattle. |
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Post by GS1 on May 3, 2017 9:57:42 GMT -5
If there's much corn in one right now someone is feeding them.
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Post by freedomhunter on May 3, 2017 10:04:49 GMT -5
I have heard that turkeys will take planted corn out of a field that is freshly planted. If no one in your area has just planted, then yes someone is feeding them.
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Post by drfleck on May 3, 2017 11:41:16 GMT -5
Right on. I guess they had started planting at end of last week but the rainfall had kept them from finishing the large field I hunt around.
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Post by GS1 on May 3, 2017 12:11:44 GMT -5
Do you have a picture? It's not hard to tell the difference.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on May 3, 2017 12:15:39 GMT -5
I don't feed deer this time of year, but know other people that do. They might be getting it from a pile, but it doesn't necessarily mean anything shady is going on.
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Post by tomthreetoes on May 3, 2017 12:21:03 GMT -5
Feeding corn this time of year is a good way to make turkeys sick.
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Post by nfalls116 on May 3, 2017 13:37:43 GMT -5
Feeding corn this time of year is a good way to make turkeys sick. I'd like to know more about why? |
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Post by drfleck on May 3, 2017 14:21:59 GMT -5
Do you have a picture? It's not hard to tell the difference. Sorry no pic. Truth be told I put the bead right at the base of his neck and the shot kinda did a number on his crop. When I went to remove the crop during field dressing it was not intact. Just pieces of crop and many kernels of corn. |
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Post by nfalls116 on May 3, 2017 15:41:46 GMT -5
Did it look like regular yellow corn?
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Post by gumbootbill on May 3, 2017 20:20:00 GMT -5
There is a field near where I hunt that still has standing corn from last year they leave it for the wildlife.
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Post by drfleck on May 4, 2017 0:13:25 GMT -5
Did it look like regular yellow corn? It did. Most likely that would have been eaten within a day or so? |
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Post by MuzzleLoader on May 4, 2017 4:09:39 GMT -5
My field still has a lot of corn still in it. We has a wind storm that blew it over and the combine was unable to pick it up.
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Post by oldhoyt on May 4, 2017 6:32:19 GMT -5
I shot one that had lots of sunflower seeds in its crop. About a 200 yds from a subdivision, no doubt had been feeding at someone's bird feeder.
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Post by greghopper on May 4, 2017 6:50:03 GMT -5
Feeding corn this time of year is a good way to make turkeys sick. I'd like to know more about why? Yeah..... this does sound interesting! Sounds like the same theory that some claim feeding corn is bad for deer in the winter. |
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Post by tomthreetoes on May 4, 2017 7:53:06 GMT -5
I'd like to know more about why? Yeah..... this does sound interesting! Sounds like the same theory that some claim feeding corn is bad for deer in the winter. Moldy corn makes turkeys sick may prove fatal to some. I would think spring weather would cause corn to mold rather quickly. |
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Post by Woody Williams on May 4, 2017 9:21:44 GMT -5
Yeah..... this does sound interesting! Sounds like the same theory that some claim feeding corn is bad for deer in the winter. Moldy corn makes turkeys sick may prove fatal to some. I would think spring weather would cause corn to mold rather quickly. YEP... Especially when it is piled up.. edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw222 |
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