Wild Turkeys. Does anyone on this forum hunt them?

[Retired Bum]

if turkeys are so "intelligent", then why do they keep thier beaks open looking up to the sky during a rain storm, and drown themselves..???

In AZ they do it because they have never seen water falling out of the sky!!!

 

[Mr.W.]

if turkeys are so "intelligent", then why do they keep thier beaks open looking up to the sky during a rain storm, and drown themselves..???

Geese, not turkey.

 

[Retired Bum]

They stand in front of cars longer than deer!

So do the folks in Tucson...

 

[Dobbinsky]

So do the folks in Tucson...

Jive Turkeys?

 

[belladonna]

Wild turkeys stop traffic in these parts. Well, if I take the northern route home I go through Moorhead and cross the Red River. They wander through the residential neighborhoods and decide to have a meeting in the middle of the road.
I’ve never tasted wild turkey (the bird ) so I cannot make that comparison, but lots of folks in these parts do hunt them. As for me, I hunt larger four legged creatures.

 

[KillerFord1977]

Yes, every season in N Tx for 20 yrs
Only went 1 season without a bird.
Rio turkeys here… delicious ..

 

[NMEDGE]

Have never hunted for them. When I was stationed in New Hampshire they were a big deal.

 

[Talyn]

Yes.

Having hunted them back east, turkey hunting in the Intermountain West is way different than back east.

 

[powerboatr]

They stand in front of cars longer than deer!

they fall out of trees at night above you at the hog lease and scare the dooo dooo out of you thinking big foot is afoot

 

[Shibadog]

if turkeys are so "intelligent", then why do they keep thier beaks open looking up to the sky during a rain storm, and drown themselves..???

WILD turkeys are intelligent-domestic are dumb as a post.

 

[Tangof1!]

They're all over here, I have them coming to my Wife's Bird feeders almost daily I could pop one legally any time I wanted to but I don't. Turkey flavored shoew leather to eat. Toughest Fowl I've ever tasted. Grouse and Pheasant's are great, Turkey's you can have.

 

[Lo-Profile]

No turkeys here in Northern Nevada that aren't frozen I'm aware of that aren't in somebody's cages.

Use to Turkey Hunt when I lived in PA

 

[Anchorite]

Should’ve taken pics of my turkey tacos last night - the best way I like my turkey!

 

[Talyn]

No turkeys here in Northern Nevada that aren't frozen I'm aware of that aren't in somebody's cages.

Use to Turkey Hunt when I lived in PA

There are Wild turkeys in northern Nevada in the Ruby Mountains (Elko County) and Paradise Valley (Humboldt County) and both hold significant populations.

 

[jumpinjoe]

Way back in the day when I hunted regularly, I never specifically hunted wild turkey, but spent many hundreds of hours white tailed deer hunting. If not seeing any deer and the morning was getting later, and if there were turkeys on the ground, I'd take a head/neck shot at the biggest gobbler. If I got him great, if not, it was still a pretty good day. Loved eating them much more than the typical farm raised bird, but not oven roasted like the typical farm raised Thanksgiving bird. My 2nd favorite method was to pluck/skin the turkey, then deep fry it. I'd deep fry them whether skinned or not, but my all time favorite method was to smoke them. Now that's a description of good eatin'.