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Post by Sasquatch on Feb 24, 2009 16:04:44 GMT -5
First off, these guys were way to far off for pics....sorry.
Some of you that frequent the site know that I post about the army of gobblers that frequent the field behind my house in late winter.
Well, I looked out today and the usual 10 or fifteen gobblers were out there chasing each other around. Two of the birds were engaged in some kind of manhood competetion. They were not jumping and flogging like I have seen, but rather standing chest to chest, pushing each other, almost laying down at points. I'm not sure, but I think they were clamped onto each other by the beak.
Has anyone else seen birds fight like that?
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Post by oldhoyt on Feb 25, 2009 18:38:21 GMT -5
Yup, sure have. Funny thing is when they are locked up like that you can walk right up within 10 yds or so. My friend and I came up on 2 doing that while rabbit hunting a couple years ago. It was wierd. When one noticed us and tried to let go and run, the other just got a better hold and kept at it. It's strange that these birds would expend that much energy during this part of the year, but it's part of their deal to constantly determine who is the Boss.
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