I always knew turkeys possessed great hearing,
but I didnt really phathom how great until yesterday.
I came across 2 hens feeding on some rye about 150 yards or more
down an old logging road. I hid behind a blowdown and watched them
with my binoculars. As I was watching the birds I scratched the bark on the tree with my fingernail. Both hens stopped feeding and stared my direction. I waited until they started feeding again and tried it agagain. They stared my direction again. I kept doing this and gradually did it lighter and lighter until the hens finally coulnt hear it. It makes me wonder how far those gobblers hear these turkey calls in the spring