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Handcannon

Handcannon

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Drove to Mapleton Saturday & saw 2 toms struttin all fanned out w/ 11 hens. I think the warm weather has them a little excited.
 
Ive seen turkeys strut in the dead of winter before..I think some just are always excited..like a teenager ;)
 
If you are out in a timber this time of year and follow the turkey tracks a little, you can often see where they are strutting as their wingtip marks are easy to see in the snow. This is a good way to get a sense of where they are spending their time and what might also be a strut zone for them.
 
I saw a few back in November that were strutting around for quite a while. Not with hens, but with about a half dozen other males. I actually see quite a bit of winter strutting as a big flock inhabits my inlaws backyard every year. Gets a guy excited for spring no doubt!
 
A buddy and I were ice fishing south of soldier last week and the hens were cluckin and we heard two gobbles.
 
On Sunday I was down in southern Iowa checking my cameras and there was a group of 20+ turkeys in the picked corn field and they were cluckin and gobbling up a storm-
 
Daver said:
If you are out in a timber this time of year and follow the turkey tracks a little, you can often see where they are strutting as their wingtip marks are easy to see in the snow. This is a good way to get a sense of where they are spending their time and what might also be a strut zone for them.
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Daver,
Won't they change their habits for spring?
 
Usually they start hammering behind my house on a good February warm up.. I'm surprised I didn't hear any this morning. Should be any day now.
 
Haven't seen any performing the fluffy ruffle up north yet but a friend down by the southern border said they were at it this morning !
 
Hardly a sight to be seen better than a strutting tom turkey. The last few years I've favored golf instead of turkey hunting. I saw quite a few birds in the deer stand this year so maybe I'll try my hand at it again.
 
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