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Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
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10/19/12 02:24 AM
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DQ Kid
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Just wondering if others are noticing lots of turkey this past summer and early fall. I had no less than 75 pictures of turkey over the past 2-3 months which is rather high for my place. Lots of gobblers and younger turkey. I'm in Young county near Murray. Had tons of grasshoppers late summer so maybe that had something to do with it.
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Re: Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
[Re: DQ Kid]
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10/19/12 02:33 AM
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Spence
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More on my ranch this year.
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Re: Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
[Re: Spence]
#3673428
10/19/12 02:37 AM
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DQ Kid
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Spence, noticed your signature line, Corpus Christi. I grew up just north of Saratoga in Country Club Estates. How are things going in Corpus?
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Re: Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
[Re: DQ Kid]
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10/19/12 03:51 AM
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mpr77
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Seen more than usual, not as many as 3-5 yrs ago
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Re: Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
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10/19/12 01:19 PM
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Pooba
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Been at my ranch for over 8 years now. I have never seen so many turkeys.
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Re: Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
[Re: Pooba]
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10/19/12 01:56 PM
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Triplesnake
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Yep, we have seen a lot more of them on our place over the course of the summer too. I kept a couple of our feeders running through most of the summer and added some protein to the mix to help keep them around. They love that protein.
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Re: Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
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10/19/12 02:02 PM
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Tatsun
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Seeing them for the first time ever at our place this year out in Palo Pinto. It was funny because the last time I was heading to the lease to fill the feeders and check the cameras, my buddy and I were talking about how nice it would be to take a turkey home sometime while hunting, and low and behold, we get to the lease and find tons of pics on the cameras of turkeys. Kind of ironic if you ask me.
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Re: Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
[Re: Tatsun]
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10/19/12 02:04 PM
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rstewlandman
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We saw Hundreds when we went to the Lease in Menard County a couple of weeks ago. Well above our average numbers
the man at the top of the mountain didn't fall up it
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Re: Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
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10/19/12 02:33 PM
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Tjack28
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Had one gobbling on our neighbors place in Anderson county...have never seen or heard a turkey in Anderson county. That's good news to hear the numbers are bounding like that.
Landowner on the place we hunt in Junction said that there are tons of young birds on the place this year and lots of gobblers left over from last year. Looking forward to spring turkey season!
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Re: Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
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#3674342
10/19/12 03:21 PM
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Pittstate
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I have lots of them too. Everytime I try to throw some extra seed in the plots, they come running to eat it up....darn seed voltures
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Re: Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
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10/19/12 03:43 PM
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buck-snort
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agreed. I noticed alot of babbies this year...
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Re: Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
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10/20/12 01:24 PM
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56txoval
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Last deer season we saw a total of about 6 turkeys on over 6000 acres. So far this year, we have seen hundreds with lots of young poults. Spring rains must have came at a good time.
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Re: Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
[Re: DQ Kid]
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10/20/12 07:19 PM
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Spence
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Spence, noticed your signature line, Corpus Christi. I grew up just north of Saratoga in Country Club Estates. How are things going in Corpus? Goin well, Very dry here like most places. I live in Country Club. Moved to corpus about 6 years ago.
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Re: Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
[Re: Spence]
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10/20/12 07:51 PM
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knfguy
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Gonna have to give it a try in Leon Cty. this year
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Re: Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
[Re: knfguy]
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10/21/12 09:58 PM
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big10
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They have always been few and far between over the past 8-10 years on our place. This morning I saw 40-50
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Re: Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
[Re: big10]
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10/22/12 01:44 PM
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Sparky45
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I have noticed 2 large groups showing up at my feeders within the past month one group of hens and the other group is mostly jakes with 2 large mature gobblers
before that, I have only seen a few here and there
The only easy day was yesterday
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Re: Sure are a lot of Turkey lately
[Re: Sparky45]
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10/22/12 03:53 PM
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Aggiedukmaster
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We are hunting a few miles to the west of you around Woodson, and "Yes" we are seeing alot more turkey's and turkey sign this year, compared to the last few yrs. Spring rains really helped!!
One of the guys on the lease killed a couple w/ his bow already!
"ALWAYS BE YOURSELF: BECAUSE THOSE WHO MATTER DON'T MIND, AND THOSE WHO MIND...................DON'T MATTER"
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