Photo Essay - Breeding/Mating - X- rated! :)
#1
Note: pictures courtesy of dog1.
Well these pictures where shared with me and I’ll post and share with you.
This will give beginners a good look at mating. I’ll let dog1 tell you where these where taken.
We wake up to early morning fog and wait. It is not long before the field is just chucked full of turkeys feeding.

It is not too long and as the fog lifts out walks two Dandy Toms.

A close-up

Even closer Yet!!!!!

Now these boys are lookin’ for a gal! And I think they have found one

Still looking

Now look close - a hen has laid down indicating she is in the mood to breed…..ya that is right the ladys call the shots or at least I thinks so…..no different for us huh?

He moves in for the mount as he walks on her back

Wings down – Contact!!

All done = Okay ladys whose next?

Thought ya like to see this.
JW!
Well these pictures where shared with me and I’ll post and share with you.
This will give beginners a good look at mating. I’ll let dog1 tell you where these where taken.
We wake up to early morning fog and wait. It is not long before the field is just chucked full of turkeys feeding.

It is not too long and as the fog lifts out walks two Dandy Toms.

A close-up

Even closer Yet!!!!!

Now these boys are lookin’ for a gal! And I think they have found one

Still looking

Now look close - a hen has laid down indicating she is in the mood to breed…..ya that is right the ladys call the shots or at least I thinks so…..no different for us huh?

He moves in for the mount as he walks on her back

Wings down – Contact!!

All done = Okay ladys whose next?

Thought ya like to see this.
JW!
#2
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Sugar Grove NC USA
I saw a big tom breed a couple hens about a week ago. It was the first time I had seen it and man it looked painful for the hens. As far as I could tell and I was about 80 yards away with binoculars, it basically looked like the longbeard just stomped on the hen for about 5 minutes each. Strange but exciting event.
#9
Just plain awesome pictures. Thanks a ton for sharing, some really good info about what's going on behind the scenes in the woods. Nice to know the Toms are taking care of business too before we go blasting them.


