Re: Attracting Turkey - Seed vs bushes
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04/03/22 05:58 PM
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You're gonna need some sandy soil or at least loamy soils for chufas. They will grow in clay but turkeys cannot scratch them up.
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Re: Attracting Turkey - Seed vs bushes
[Re: Swamp Wolf]
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04/03/22 08:55 PM
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You're gonna need some sandy soil or at least loamy soils for chufas. They will grow in clay but turkeys cannot scratch them up. I forgot about that. I've only planted them in lower alabama which only has two soil types rock hard red hill clay or sandy loam. You don't even try planting on the hard stuff.
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Re: Attracting Turkey - Seed vs bushes
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04/04/22 09:33 AM
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I was just wondering . Farm yard SW. Of me had 8 Turkeys eating out of a Crab tree I have 100's of apple trees on my place of different varieties but most are "wild apples" and the fruit is small, like dime sized. I have a heck of a time with the turkeys getting into them and busting them up. Having turkeys here is a new thing, in the last 4-5 years. I planted the apples for the deer and the grouse and most now have the tops broken out of them.
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Re: Attracting Turkey - Seed vs bushes
[Re: 160user]
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04/04/22 09:38 AM
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I was just wondering . Farm yard SW. Of me had 8 Turkeys eating out of a Crab tree I have 100's of apple trees on my place of different varieties but most are "wild apples" and the fruit is small, like dime sized. I have a heck of a time with the turkeys getting into them and busting them up. Having turkeys here is a new thing, in the last 4-5 years. I planted the apples for the deer and the grouse and most now have the tops broken out of them. Your grouse are going to suffer as the turkeys take over. I hate turkeys and now we have the stupid things all over N.WI.
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Re: Attracting Turkey - Seed vs bushes
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04/04/22 09:48 PM
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Not sure if hazelnut would work for turkey but it works for ducks. I bought some from Gurneys couple years ago. They were tiny and died. I got replacement s they died I will look for some hazelnut trees locally Thanks
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Re: Attracting Turkey - Seed vs bushes
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04/05/22 07:40 AM
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Warrior, I have two bur oaks up here and the turkeys like them enough to spend time breaking them down and fighting the white-tails for the acorns...Yup perhaps too long out for 330, but the next generation of hunters will like them...
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