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Started by Bowguy, February 25, 2015, 06:31:53 PM

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Bowguy

A buddy of mine is a cop. Last night while working he watched two longbeards from roughly midnight on strut n gobble at each other on the ground through a fence. I've been at this over 30 years and live in the woods watching turks nearly every day n have never seen this behavior. Anyone else seen such a thing or have ideas. He said they kept at it all night

dirt road ninja


Tail Feathers

Was it a barnyard fence?  ;D Never heard of such.  It goes counter to their survival instinct. 
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Bigspurs68

Oh crap!! They are going nocturnal on us. They really are smart.
Momma said "Kill that turkey"

drenalinld

Does he live in Colorado?

Gobble!

No but I did see a lone hen walking through a field one night spot lighting.

strut2


tomstopper

Quote from: Bigspurs68 on February 25, 2015, 08:32:23 PM
Oh crap!! They are going nocturnal on us. They really are smart.
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny: Great I will never kill another one...

Gamblinman

I've seen them move from roost tree to roost tree at night and be several hundred yards from where they were the evening before, but never on the ground strutting at night.

Gman
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Bowguy

I wasn't there but my bud is a longtime friend and turkey Hunter. He said it was a fence, I'm thinking because of where he works which is suburbs it's chain link. He said he watched em all night and another cop mentioned it too. I have zero answer to what he saw n guess no one else does either

Bowguy

Quote from: drenalinld on February 25, 2015, 08:37:08 PM
Does he live in Colorado?
ah shoot I just got that. No he doesn't live in Colorado but I bet people see strange stuff there too

northms

Strutting and gobbling at night on the ground is a good way to get eaten by a coyote around here.

Never heard of that at all.

alloutdoors

In urban/suburban areas where the ambient light levels are high enough I've seen all sorts of bird activity pretty much around the clock. No reason turkeys should be any different so I'd assume that's what was going on.

Spring Creek Calls

Quote from: Bigspurs68 on February 25, 2015, 08:32:23 PM
Oh crap!! They are going nocturnal on us. They really are smart.

Yup, and developing a sense of smell.
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dirt road ninja

Quote from: alloutdoors on February 25, 2015, 09:33:46 PM
In urban/suburban areas where the ambient light levels are high enough I've seen all sorts of bird activity pretty much around the clock. No reason turkeys should be any different so I'd assume that's what was going on.

Didn't consider that, but your right.