My friend says turkeys can smell.I told him he's crazy..but I heard him out.He says they can smell mosquito spray,and that's why they spook sometimes when they don't hear or see you.Just like a buzzard depends on his sense of smell to find food.

Wait...I said...they don't smell the deceased animals they see them..He said no...They smell them..I said no they see them..on and on we argued.

O.k.,So one day a month or so later I was scouting,and saw some buzzards.I wanted to see what they were after,and when I got to the area I couldn't find it.After I finally spotted buzzard tracks I saw what they were after.An off colored white bulldog,wrapped up in a nearly matching off colored carpet,laying on some nearly same colored sand.There is no possible way they could have seen him.

So,now I'm really thinking how did they find him without seeing him?Then it must be smell!So with that thought I'm now starting to wonder if a turkey can smell.I have hunted turkeys for 8 years,and have had fairly good success with them,but have never given this a thought.So,what do you guys make of all this?I still say if a buzzard can smell it is probably not a common thing for other birds.Just one's that depend on it to find food.

I know a turkeys #1 defense is his eyesight,but is it possible...since they have a beak with holes that they can smell?Maybe not smell very good,but is it possible they can smell good enough to smell something as strong as mosquito spray?

Can anyone help me gather up proof?I feel silly posting this,but it is at the very least a series of odd coincidences.