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Post by deerdude on Jan 3, 2009 15:09:14 GMT -5
i had quite a few turkeys running around the deer woods during bow season. bad thing is we have no late season here in the north. had a big tom with a beard dragging the ground not 15 yrds.dead in front of me one day. but since we have had some freezing rain and cold weather havent seen or heard them.they seem to travel around alot.will the bad weather force them to find warmer spots or shelter? im hoping to finally nail me one this april.
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Post by dbd870 on Jan 5, 2009 9:58:54 GMT -5
I'll have turkeys like crazy one weekend and none the next - happens during all the months of deer season and spring turkey season. I'm not much of a turkey hunter so I can't tell you why, just that it does.
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Post by turkeygrl4 on Jan 6, 2009 8:06:11 GMT -5
I had about 10 Longbeards and the rest Jacks and Hens, about 60 in total. It was awesome just sat there and watched them eat. I can't wait till I can shoot one of them.  |
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Jan 6, 2009 12:12:52 GMT -5
As far as I know turkeys usually don't travel really far distances, so I would say those turkeys should still be in the general area when the spring season gets here.
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Post by schall53 on Jan 6, 2009 13:26:21 GMT -5
Most of the year they stay pretty much in one general area. In the winter they flock up and will cover quit a large area. Last winter I saw a flock on the farm three longbeards and 19 that no beards were visible on. Two days later that same flock was 4.5 miles as the crow flies away two weeks after that they were back home.
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Post by huxbux on Jan 6, 2009 17:11:30 GMT -5
They have to search far and wide for food in the winter. They'll spend all day covering all the ground they can, scratching up enough to keep them alive. In a contiguous tract of forest, they just roost wherever they end up at sunset. The weather doesn't seem to bother turkeys much unless there is ice or deep snow cover. You can't pattern them for a spring hunt now. You know your hunting area is part of their home range, you'll just need to find out where they hang out come spring.
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Post by danimal8876 on Jan 8, 2009 1:04:30 GMT -5
For whatever reason, every fall and winter my cousins small Parke county lease has a good # of turkey on it....every spring we hunt it and the birds are gone. He runs trailcams just about all year, mid to late summer the birds start showing back up. I guess they just like the neighbors properties better in the spring...
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Post by turkeygrl4 on Jan 8, 2009 21:05:30 GMT -5
Turkeys where back again today. I love it. The Toms where huge with really long beards. Can't wait.
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Post by parrothead on Jan 9, 2009 7:16:22 GMT -5
I have the same thing happen. By the end of October the turkeys are gone somewhere. By spring they are back in full force until October.
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Post by oneshot on Jan 16, 2009 12:19:08 GMT -5
My best turkey spots are void of birds in the fall/winter. Loaded with birds in the spring.
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Post by 76chevy on Jan 17, 2009 13:23:32 GMT -5
same thing for some areas where I hunt down south in the coal spoil bank hills some areas though with plenty of big woods and crop fields seem to hold birds year round though. My best turkey spots are void of birds in the fall/winter. Loaded with birds in the spring. |
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