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The crazy things turkeys will eat

Started by JMalin, May 09, 2018, 08:06:25 PM

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SteelerFan

All of a sudden... I'm not hungry.

Wow!

TauntoHawk

That's incredible how did that not tear him up on the way down

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dublelung

That's a cool find. I killed one about a minute after he hit the ground one morning and he had a single (much smaller than your pictured) lizard in him. He had to have swallowed it from the limb. I also killed one with a large snail/shell inside. I'm sure they eat all kinds of crazy things but it's cool to see it  confirmed.

akp

Watched a youtube Primos tip video.  He mentioned in the video that he talked to a guy one time that found a swim bait/jerk bait/spinner bait... Can't remember but it was a big bait.  That poor little horny toad couldn't have been easy to swallow. 

catman529

Well dang, that's a first


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LaLongbeard

Surprised he had any room left looked like he was topped out on corn lol
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tha bugman

Amazing!  I killed a gobbler that had a moth cocoon in it.  Genus Pinus The interesting fact was that it was close to emerging as an adult so I went back to the lab, carefully removed it from the cocoon (yes, visions of The Silence Of The Lambs did cross my mind).  I was able to spread the moth's wings, allow it to dry, pin it, label it, and place it in our state's entomological museum collection!  I seem to remember unscientifically labeling the location the insect was collected as "turkey crop".   ;D

zelmo1

Not a surprise here. I saw a hen snatch up a frog up north here once.  :funnyturkey:

roverboy

Woah! I knew they would eat some strange things. I've heard of them eating shell casings.
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mightyjoeyoung

I've seen them eat mice, newts, small snakes and once watched one scratch around a rotted log, kick open a mouse nest, eat the adult and then...gobble up the babies.  Watched a hen and her poults work order my back yard after a rain one morning picking nightcrawlers like pros.  Funny thing too.  She'd scare off every Robin that tried to eat HER worms. Lol
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tha bugman

Does anyone remember the picture that was made in the 1990's of the frog buzzbait that someone said that they found in a turkey's crop?  I am still scratching my head on that one.   ??? ??? ???

dutch@fx4

Afternoon killed birds will have a full craw.with all kinds if stuff in them. We see a lot of snail shells and acorns were we live

tomstopper

One I shot this morning was filled with wild rasberries. Dang things will eat anything apparently...lol

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roverboy

Well once it gets in their craw, the small rocks and gravel they eat will eventually grind it down. I wonder about metal objects though.
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