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Old 03-16-2009 | 08:31 AM
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Default RE: Turkey management

Everyone added some real good info. I'm learning too, thanks folks.

I forgot to say before, but as bugflipper is getting at, it is important to have good food and cover for both the warm seasons as well as winter. Birds will move good distances if there is not ample winter food around, and a lot of people will tell you a turkey's winter home range can be drastically different from their spring/summer home range. About a month ago, I saw what seemed like every dang bird in the county (exageration obviously.. butno lie, there were a coupleHUNDRED turkeys)in a single corn field. Ive seen birds yard up like this in the past, but never to this extreme.A lot of the surrounding area has insufficient winter food available, so these birds yard up and hang out at the foodto survive. It was cool to see though, it looked like a giant field of winged-bowling balls
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