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4. Cool! They are amazing to watch.

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 03:24 PM

Nov 2014

This one time....back when I could still hunt deer, I was in a ground blind during the late season January bow hunt. It was snowing heavily. I was surrounded by a dense grove of mature white pines.

The turkeys must have thought it was a good place to get out of the weather. I watched as over one hundred turkeys flew up into the lower branches of the trees around me. They flew up one or two at a time! They would get a little run for it before take off. I was mesmerized. Some of the turkeys were very close, within feet. I was nearly covered with snow and practically invisible.

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Wow! I just counted fourteen(!) wild turkeys,..... [View all] lastlib Nov 2014 OP

i survived a month of invasive turkeys hollysmom Nov 2014 #1

have you seen this? fizzgig Nov 2014 #2

I remember that one. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #3

Wow! That was awesome! lastlib Nov 2014 #8

Cool! They are amazing to watch. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #4

that would be an awesome experience! lastlib Nov 2014 #12

I see several flocks a year with the youngins at various sizes. Lars39 Nov 2014 #5

They are hilarious when they fly up into a tree! Odin2005 Nov 2014 #6

I got to watch some of the boys making moves on a hen once. GoCubsGo Nov 2014 #7

It must be a good year for turkeys csziggy Nov 2014 #9

Are they 86 proof Wolf Frankula Nov 2014 #10

If I were visited by a wild turkey herd my first thought would be "OMG! Wattle I do?" pinboy3niner Nov 2014 #11

If you were visited by this herd, you' probably turn into a little butterball...... lastlib Nov 2014 #13