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Post by Sasquatch on Apr 24, 2007 15:30:27 GMT -5
This morning at around nine o'clock I was on my way to my hunting property near Madison Indiana. Now to get there I have to drive up a winding mountain-esque road with deep, wooded ravines on both sides. Well, I'm booking down the road and I see something black up ahead. Sure enough, I round the curve and a big old longbeard is in the middle of the road. He fast-walked pretty fast to the edge of the road. Just like I did once last year, I rolled down the window, and gave a really lame, but shrill, yelp with my mouth. The gobbler was only twenty feet away and gobbled in spite of himself. Further up the road I bumped into yet another bird, a much duller creature with a spindly beard. This one fled a lot quicker. MY first thought was 'bearded hen.' But I digress. do any other hill dwellers here bump into gobblers displaying on the road? It makes sense; in these hills, it's about the most visible strut zone.
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Post by parrothead on Apr 26, 2007 8:13:33 GMT -5
That road sounds like Comley Hill where I am over hunting by.
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Post by bill on Apr 26, 2007 8:53:40 GMT -5
When we had the snow storm this past February I came down my road and there were 14 standing on the road and on top of the drifts from the plow.
I never see them this time of year.
Bill
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Post by hornharvester on Apr 26, 2007 9:19:20 GMT -5
A couple years ago we had deep snow on the ground most of Jan and Feb. Just west of me on the hiway a farmer had hay rolled up in a field. Every time I drove by there in the afternoon between 10 - 13 turkeys would be on the bales picking at them. Not sure if they were eating dead bugs or dried clover. h.h.
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Post by LawrenceCoBowhunter on Apr 26, 2007 9:27:38 GMT -5
I went down to some HNF in Orange county lastnight.On the way back I had a jake in the middle of the road.I stoped my truck and we just looked at each other for a few secs.He seemed lost and confused.I could have reached out my window and touched him.
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