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 Turkeys Anyone?
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03/12/19 12:10 AM
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Reekax
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Here are a few pics from years past. I need to get back over to this property this spring and hunt a bit. These birds have been native to this property for over 90 years. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2019/03/full-15114-180991-af690929_0850_4c12_a047_d9ebb45271c6.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2019/03/full-15114-180992-482b25cc_8ed1_4136_a3cb_725118ae8309.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2019/03/full-15114-180993-a6864b95_8618_4f52_a83c_84a2a23f8a87.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2019/03/full-15114-180994-22548ca9_3c3b_4a62_9b5b_b2af89cbc80d.jpeg)
No high fences. We don't hunt zoos. Hunting free range, fair chase game for over 50 Years.
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Re: Turkeys Anyone?
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#7456153
03/12/19 12:18 AM
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SnakeWrangler
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I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Turkeys Anyone?
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#7456161
03/12/19 12:28 AM
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LeonCarr
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Those pictures remind me of a hunting trip to Nolan County about 25 years ago.
Sitting in an elevated box stand, I could see through binoculars a 55 gallon tripod feeder on the ranch due South of the one I was hunting. I watched the feeder go off, and a big gigantic blob looking kinda like the Loch Ness Monster came out of the Mesquites and went under the feeder.
It was about 100 Rio Grande Red Turkeys.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
"Whitetail Deer are extinct because of rifles with telescopes mounted on them." - My 11th Grade English Teacher
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Re: Turkeys Anyone?
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#7456227
03/12/19 01:27 AM
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Reekax
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North Texas, west of Wichita Falls about 70 miles.
No high fences. We don't hunt zoos. Hunting free range, fair chase game for over 50 Years.
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Re: Turkeys Anyone?
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#7456228
03/12/19 01:28 AM
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TEXASLEFTY
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They can sure clean up the ground around a feeder!
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: Turkeys Anyone?
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#7456382
03/12/19 11:36 AM
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Stub
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Thanksgiving feast for a whole bunch of folks 
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Re: Turkeys Anyone?
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#7456466
03/12/19 01:18 PM
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TKandMike
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That's a whole lot of birds in that first picture
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Re: Turkeys Anyone?
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#7456526
03/12/19 02:09 PM
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jim1961
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Re: Turkeys Anyone?
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#7456645
03/12/19 04:12 PM
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BarneyWho
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I need to get back over to this property this spring and hunt a bit.
Need any help?  Spring turkey season is one of my favorite times to hunt.
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Re: Turkeys Anyone?
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#7457714
03/13/19 09:19 PM
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Tophers
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Re: Turkeys Anyone?
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#7457800
03/13/19 11:07 PM
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flintknapper
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We used to have 800 acres in Goldthwaite (Mills County) and I never saw a place with so many turkey. Not unusual at all to see 50-75 birds fly down from their roosts in the morning. I was mostly interested in hunting Deer and Predators (no Feral Hogs back then), and just took Turkey for granted. Never thought there was anything difficult about Turkey Hunting as some folks propose. But maybe in a different setting they are a challenge.
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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03/13/19 11:18 PM
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RANGERRONG
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Re: Turkeys Anyone?
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03/14/19 12:25 AM
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Pitchfork Predator
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We used to have 800 acres in Goldthwaite (Mills County) and I never saw a place with so many turkey. Not unusual at all to see 50-75 birds fly down from their roosts in the morning. I was mostly interested in hunting Deer and Predators (no Feral Hogs back then), and just took Turkey for granted. Never thought there was anything difficult about Turkey Hunting as some folks propose. But maybe in a different setting they are a challenge. I had the same experience when I hunted near there.
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Re: Turkeys Anyone?
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03/14/19 01:45 AM
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krmitchell
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Reminds me of a place outside llano I hunted. I counted over 100 turkeys in this picture. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2019/03/full-44314-181151-9c79b7a6_7513_437a_96ed_3db6d2dee2f3.jpeg)
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Re: Turkeys Anyone?
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03/14/19 03:10 AM
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Simple Searcher
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We used to have 800 acres in Goldthwaite (Mills County) and I never saw a place with so many turkey. Not unusual at all to see 50-75 birds fly down from their roosts in the morning. I was mostly interested in hunting Deer and Predators (no Feral Hogs back then), and just took Turkey for granted. Never thought there was anything difficult about Turkey Hunting as some folks propose. But maybe in a different setting they are a challenge. Truly an awesome site to see as turkeys start to fly out of the roost. I was very careful one morning and was able to get into the blind without disturbing the turkeys roosting above me in the tall oaks. I got quite a show as they flew down one after another over my head till all 50 of them were in the field. It was a fantastic show.
![[Linked Image]](https://live.staticflickr.com/4340/36432483774_50a6be0c41_m.jpg) "Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
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