They were gobbling this morning

[Old Buck]

Got up early to do some photography this morning and was surprised to hear a fair amount of gobbling at dawn. Seemed awful cold. This afternoon a gobbler and 15 hens came through a food plot. Two of the hens had beards.

 

[jason]

They start this early? You mean it's breading season already? But the calender says Feb.6?

 

[NWBuck]

On more than one occasion I've heard toms gobbling during first shotgun deer season. I've seen alot of rooster pheasants out showing their colors the past 2 mornings, so I'm not terribly surprised to hear turkeys were gobbling. Seems like after the first of the year any warm spell will bring out a few birds warming up their voices.

Old Buck...2 bearded hens?? Cool! Get any pictures of them?

NWBuck

 

[Bobcat]

I have a friend who shot a bearded hen by accident for a gobbler. When he cleaned it she had an egg in her. We now refer to him as the Mass Murderer, gives us all a good chuckle now and then, especially at the NWTF meetings and banquets.

Steve

 

[Old Buck]

NW Buck, Would you believe I had my camera with me and didn't get any shots? One of the hens was a young bird, a Jennie? Is that the female turkey equivelant of Jake?

Breeding? I really doubt it. I was surprised that the gobbler wasn't still with a bachelor group though.

 

[Admin]

If I was a turkey and I woke up at 5:30 AM and it was 10-15 degrees with frost all over me I would gobble my head off just to warm up and make sure I was still alive

Just me,