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Old 05-15-2007, 10:12 AM
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Default Preferred roosting trees

Where I hunt, the turkeys will roost 99% of the time in large pine trees. Even though I have plenty of large oaks, they will still roost in pines. I know there is not much of achoice in most of Texas, mesquites, butwhat type of tree do your turkeys prefer to roost in?
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Old 05-15-2007, 10:28 AM
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Red maples, sometimes over wet areas, sometimes not, and to a lesser degree oaks. Usually about 3/4 of the way up the tree.

The limbs they roost on are usually pretty small. I think it may let them feel a predator like a coon better than a larger limb. Just a guess though.

Come to think of it, I would like to see a coon try to kill a roosted turkey.
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Old 05-15-2007, 11:52 AM
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OAKS all the way! and the ones around here go up till the branches cant hold them! they must like the view.
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Old 05-15-2007, 05:40 PM
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the birds we hunt in KS. roost in cottonwoods!
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Old 05-15-2007, 06:52 PM
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Big Ponderosa Pine
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Old 05-15-2007, 07:43 PM
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here in mn, i find most turkeys like to roost in pines some of the time. But often they roost in the huge tamrack swamps, they feel the safest there.
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Old 05-15-2007, 07:45 PM
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Around here it seems to me they go for what ever big tree is close at hand... In my woodlot i see them in big maples and oaks... Hereby my house, they roost in a blk walnut or in a big boxwood tree by my ponds... I actually don't see any ryme or reason to which one they will choose...

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Old 05-15-2007, 10:53 PM
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Usually they are in pines if they are available around me. They seem to like them more than other trees.
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Old 05-16-2007, 07:34 AM
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A lot of Oaks in Iowa and Wisconsin.
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