[Dom]

Woke up this morning to a spring display.

 

[DarkLord]

I frequently wake up to a covey of mountain quail in my back yard...kinda nice.

 

[recoil junky]

I think it's just freaky to see turkeys in the Kalispell area, but that's just me.

RJ

 

[Darkker]

Very cool.

If you think that's freaky RJ, imagine seeing them stroll the mean streets of Washtucna. 🤯😆😆

 

[JWSmith1959]

We had a large ranch in the heart of Turkey country in Central Texas. I really miss seeing them these days as I haven't hunted Turkey in close to 20 years.

Beautiful photo.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Dom]

Season starts here April 15. One bearded bird allowed. Seems strange having to clean my gun after only one shot. Allowed one beardless turkey in the fall , but that is too long to go between cleanings.

 

[Kevinbear]

It's become almost impossible to hunt them around here, they've all moved into the subdivisions and little towns to feed from bird feeders. Must have been really easy to domesticate initially, these have no fear of humans. This is an everyday sight a few roads away from my place, my neighbor has a couple of chocolate labs he lets run to keep them off our lawns, they'll scratch a spot bare in your lawn in a couple of days if you let them.

 

[Darkker]

It's become almost impossible to hunt them around here....
these have no fear of humans.

Sounds like it'd be incredibly simple to get your hands on one and ring it's neck then. I agree it's not exactly hunting, but you can be eating good in short order. 😉

 

[kdub]

Daughter in Sacramento, Ca. has sent pictures of them in their garden.

 

[recoil junky]

@Kevinbear

Pretty soon you'll be asked to remove them as part of your "pest control" 👍

RJ

 

[JBelk]

One of the few successful wildlife transplant experiments.
Feral cats, coyotes and fire ants have taken them out of much of their much-reduced native range but they've expanded tremendously nation wide. There were no mention of turkeys by Lewis and Clark but they abound in all but a small portion of that trip now.

 

[Kevinbear]

I made the mistake of grabbing a wounded turkey by the neck once, nearly beat me to death with his wings and tore a hole in my jeans leg with is feet, really lucky they were loose fitting.
There isn't a week that goes by someone doesn't call me asking if I can keep the turkey's out of their yard, off their roof or out of their trees. They start gobbling about 530 this time of year, these city people re-located to rural America aren't nearly as excited about that as we are, ha ha
I rent this plastic coyote out alot, doesn't always stop them from crossing through a yard but it'll get them to move to someone else's tree to roost.

 

[Pudfark]

I'd be careful where I parked that coyote, it might end up with some holes in it.

 

[Kevinbear]

Not to worried about anyone shooting him in a subdivision but he causes quite a stir driving through town, his tail is made out of a pliable material and moves around easily with any wind making him seem more lifelike. I've got a collar and leash I put on him just for fun sometimes.