Saw a nice Tom strutting this morning.
03-21-2019, 12:53 PM
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Saw a nice Tom strutting this morning.
I saw a Tom this morning chasing some jakes away from the hens and going into full strut. He was just outside my window under a bird feeder. It was pretty decent to see him in action as he gobbled and chase the jakes away. He also looked to have at least 1 inch spurs. A very nice old bird. Just think hunting season for us will not arrive until close to May.. None the less it was great to see him in action..
Hopefully a better picture of him from yesterday..Do you think he may have a double beard or just split?
Hopefully a better picture of him from yesterday..Do you think he may have a double beard or just split?
Last edited by Phil from Maine; 03-22-2019 at 02:56 AM.
03-22-2019, 09:59 AM
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You maybe right. However when you blow the beard up it looks to be around an inch shorter on the left side. But that doesn’t necessarily mean anything either. Hopefully I will get him during our season and find out for sure.
04-04-2019, 01:00 AM
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Thanks everyone.. Two days ago I had around 50 birds go by here.. In tow with a lot of hens were five nice toms and a jake that they kept running off.
Most likely it will be like years past where they split up and are no place to be found.. I will be trying to get one to come out in the back field just the same though because they have to be around the area some place,
Short beard but some nice looking spurs on him..
Most likely it will be like years past where they split up and are no place to be found.. I will be trying to get one to come out in the back field just the same though because they have to be around the area some place,
Short beard but some nice looking spurs on him..
Last edited by Phil from Maine; 04-04-2019 at 01:03 AM.