i have found a couple of nice flocks - the hens in my area are still all flocked up and I see a couple of nice toms in a field on my way to work every day strutting and trying to impress the laddies but they don't seem interested yet so breeding should be in full swing come season it's looking right on track this year.
Anyone seeing any nice birds? and How do the flocks look after this past winter?
Flocks around me are looking nice and healthy. Mild winter did them good.
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i don't really get to do much scouting, but I did see about 5-7 birds this morning behind my house. I was cutting wood for an hour or so and stopped the saw. then they too off from the roost right above me. I was amazed they hund around while I was cutting.
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Lots of turkeys this year in CNY.Lots of jakes, I counted 21 jakes inone flock and 23 in the other. I have noticed that hens almost never seem to pay much attention to the toms untila little before (minutes) they actually breed them.I have seen 5 different hens get bred so far this spring. Here is one of my pictures.
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My site is having a turkey hunt sometime in May. One of the guys is letting us use his land and we will also hit some public land all in Sullivan County. I see them everyday by the way... laugh all you want, but Staten Island is infested with turkey! No one knows what to do about it and of course we are forbidden from hunting here.
Last year we had a fairly early spring. The birds were talking good the youth hunt wknd the wk before May 1st up here Osw. Co.. Come May 1st they'd pretty much calmed up, and I never heard much gobbling again until the last wk. Being an even earlier spring I figure will see the same sort of action. The Youth hunt is wknd of 4/22 & 23rd. It should be real good for the kids, and I'm hoping my son bags his first bird. But come May 1st I feel it'll be tough going again for turkey talk.
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We just completed the house at our camp last week and was moving in furniture, etc. While we were there, we say turkeys everyday along the ridge line going into the woods, a funnel to a field a farmer who just laid cow manure in. The turkey's just love the left over goods you know. Anyway, didn't have to scout too much, seem to have them pattern somewhat, but we'll see on May 1. Actually had two HUGE toms past by my deck about 40 yards out struten behind a hen as she was walking along the atv trail. Was joking with my neighbors, seems this year I'll be able to hunt turkey & deer from the deck! LOL, if it was only that simple.
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I my neighborhood, the hens seem to have split up now. I have three different hens walking alone midday, two in my deer pens and one coming up the driveway. While theyre still with birds out back, the tomsgobble up a storm. Later, like I said, they do seem to seperate. The hens have always nested right near my place, the nests have been easy to spy on. I wish we started mid April like other states do.
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