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[Gate Opener]

My husband and I were coming home the other day and noticed something on the side of the road by a tree. This was down a country road but there were houses that sat quite a ways off the road. I thought at first they must be geese since they were right by the road but when we got upon them it was turkeys. Brownish turkeys. They are not big like the ones farms have. My dad and brother used to hunt turkeys along with deer in Mason, Texas many years ago. I remember those turkeys would put the ones in the store to shame. Best I ever had. I don't remember what they looked like from back then just that they were turkeys.

We found a turkey feather in the woods at our place here not long after we bought. We live a couple of miles from the place where we saw them the other day. Is there a way to get them to frequent your place? Would seeing where they scratch and feathers be the only way to tell if they are coming around?

 

[angie1]

The wild turkeys around here come out into the open fields early in the morning. Outside of that they stay in the woods. I don't know of any way to get them to come into your yard. Every year local farmers cutting hay accidently run over nests and bring me turkey eggs to throw in the incubator. Once they hatch, I give them to a neighbor interested in releasing into the area. I can not have them at my farm as they, like pheasant and quail, are very vulnerable to the diseases carried by domestic birds (I have chickens and ducks).

 

[dun]

Habitat, simple as that. The hard part is gettin gthat habitat in place. Tons of information at: http://nwtf.com/

 

[Ryan]

we've got turkeys all over our place here... see them all times of day.. they like to come up to the barn and get in the feed troughs and see if there are any leftovers for them to get into

 

[funky 4-Her]

We have some in our bush... afew hens and their chicks. 24 of them ran infront of us the other night ont he road. I dont know about getting them to come closer.

 

[Brute 23]

Put a feeder with some corn and milo mixed.

 

[mnmtranching]

It's a different situation up here in the deep snow country. I enjoy the wild turkeys, pheasants, deer that come into the farmyard in the Winter eating waste corn etc from the cattle.