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Turkeys showed up again. #8561235 02/06/26 07:41 PM 02/06/26 07:41 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Central, SD Law Dog OP trapper
Law Dog OP trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Central, SD	They disappeared when it got cold now some have come back thats not all of them. Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that! Jerry Herbst

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: Law Dog] #8561279 02/06/26 08:30 PM 02/06/26 08:30 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 MT S snowy trapper
snowy trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 MT	Haven't seen a one all wintah on my place usually have around 30 head this time of year. A picture from last year about this time up in the cedars feeding along their daily journey. Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: Law Dog] #8561287 02/06/26 08:38 PM 02/06/26 08:38 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota B Big Sam trapper
Big Sam trapper B Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota	I'm starting to get the turkey hunting urge in a bad way. Might pattern a gun or two tomorrow to calm myself.

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: Law Dog] #8561483 02/07/26 08:00 AM 02/07/26 08:00 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 South shore L.I. N.Y. G gcs trapper
gcs trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 South shore L.I. N.Y.	I got the whole herd coming for the free buffet every day....21-24 at last count.....the big boy bangs on the glass door if i don't feed early enough, lol

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: gcs] #8561485 02/07/26 08:06 AM 02/07/26 08:06 AM
Joined: Dec 2011 MT S snowy trapper
snowy trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 MT	Originally Posted by gcs I got the whole herd coming for the free buffet every day....21-24 at last count.....the big boy bangs on the glass door if i don't feed early enough, lol Lol, interesting and people call them stupid. Lol Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: Law Dog] #8561497 02/07/26 08:34 AM 02/07/26 08:34 AM
Joined: Nov 2025 Holmes co. Oh. S Skippy 1 trapper
Skippy 1 trapper S Joined: Nov 2025 Holmes co. Oh.	Turkeys are far from being stupid. I've heard it said that if turkeys could smell, none would be taken by a turkey hunter. Now tthem big white butter ball one's, that's a different story. lol

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: Law Dog] #8561651 02/07/26 02:40 PM 02/07/26 02:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 MT S snowy trapper
snowy trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 MT	Went to ranch this morning and the turkeys are back. I set a camera up in the cedars and hoping to get a few pictures this week. When I walked back the hills they were flying out after they heard me down below them. I love to watch them fly!! Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: Law Dog] #8561799 02/07/26 06:37 PM 02/07/26 06:37 PM
Joined: Jun 2016 Michigan T Trapper Dahlgren trapper
Trapper Dahlgren trapper T Joined: Jun 2016 Michigan	use too feed the turkey at my old camp, all winter, a year like this one with lots of snow, the predator's got smart and waited on the trail they had coming into the feeder, with in 3 weeks 38 turkey were all dead never winter feed them again , just let them go to the big farms, and winter,

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #8561836 02/07/26 07:48 PM 02/07/26 07:48 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 MT S snowy trapper
snowy trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 MT	Originally Posted by Trapper Dahlgren use too feed the turkey at my old camp, all winter, a year like this one with lots of snow, the predator's got smart and waited on the trail they had coming into the feeder, with in 3 weeks 38 turkey were all dead never winter feed them again , just let them go to the big farms, and winter, I think that is where the majority of the birds are this winter. Some large ranches that are feeding hundreds of cattle is where they are at. Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: Law Dog] #8561879 02/07/26 08:52 PM 02/07/26 08:52 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Central, SD Law Dog OP trapper
Law Dog OP trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Central, SD	Here they stick around the home places and like the recycled corn from the cows. Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that! Jerry Herbst

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: Law Dog] #8570534 02/22/26 07:31 PM 02/22/26 07:31 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 MT S snowy trapper
snowy trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 MT	Looks like they are back up in the cedars. Haven't seen any on my place but a few times this winter now they will be here for the year. Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: Law Dog] #8570588 02/22/26 08:44 PM 02/22/26 08:44 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Central, SD Law Dog OP trapper
Law Dog OP trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Central, SD	Look like true Merriam birds. Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that! Jerry Herbst

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: Law Dog] #8570591 02/22/26 09:01 PM 02/22/26 09:01 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 MT S snowy trapper
snowy trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 MT	Originally Posted by Law Dog Look like true Merriam birds. Yep, counted 25 in one picture. I like too have them around always enjoy hearing them. The hens sure like to talk while they feed and move along their journey. Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: snowy] #8570624 02/22/26 10:00 PM 02/22/26 10:00 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Central, SD Law Dog OP trapper
Law Dog OP trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Central, SD	Originally Posted by snowy Originally Posted by Law Dog Look like true Merriam birds. Yep, counted 25 in one picture. I like too have them around always enjoy hearing them. The hens sure like to talk while they feed and move along their journey. That how they space themselves out when feeding. Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that! Jerry Herbst

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: Skippy 1] #8570733 02/23/26 06:19 AM 02/23/26 06:19 AM
Joined: May 2022 Pennsylvania R RegularJoe trapper
RegularJoe trapper R Joined: May 2022 Pennsylvania	Originally Posted by Skippy 1 Turkeys are far from being stupid. I've heard it said that if turkeys could smell, none would be taken by a turkey hunter. Now tthem big white butter ball one's, that's a different story. lol I remember a conversation on another site where that was mentioned, no one would kill one...Kip Feroce stated "I would" in response. I think they are next level cautious, very tuned in to their surroundings, which gives them a lot of credit for a bird.

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: Law Dog] #8570737 02/23/26 06:41 AM 02/23/26 06:41 AM
Joined: Nov 2025 Holmes co. Oh. S Skippy 1 trapper
Skippy 1 trapper S Joined: Nov 2025 Holmes co. Oh.	Turkeys standing on 1 leg ? I've seen a lot of turkeys in my time but never saw any standing on 1 leg like snowy's picture shows. Live and learn I guess.

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: Skippy 1] #8570765 02/23/26 07:56 AM 02/23/26 07:56 AM
Joined: Dec 2011 MT S snowy trapper
snowy trapper S Joined: Dec 2011 MT	Originally Posted by Skippy 1 Turkeys standing on 1 leg ? I've seen a lot of turkeys in my time but never saw any standing on 1 leg like snowy's picture shows. Live and learn I guess. Interesting!! I never even seen that till you pointed that out. Everything is solid ice under that snow maybe toes are cold switching up. I would like to get up high in the cedars but all ice from snow melt. Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: Law Dog] #8570772 02/23/26 08:20 AM 02/23/26 08:20 AM
Joined: Dec 2018 Swords Creek, VA A ABeardedTrapper trapper
ABeardedTrapper trapper A Joined: Dec 2018 Swords Creek, VA	Great pics guys. Those Merriams are a beautiful bird.

Re: Turkeys showed up again. [Re: Law Dog] #8570815 02/23/26 09:37 AM 02/23/26 09:37 AM
Joined: Dec 2010 Central, SD Law Dog OP trapper
Law Dog OP trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Central, SD	Rolled into check some cages the other day and the cedars were moving a big flock was moving away from me I could not get a count but there was a bunch of them. Not easy to pick out. Last edited by Law Dog; 02/23/26 10:13 AM. Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that! Jerry Herbst

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