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10-11-2007, 02:12 PM
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Wild Turkeys
Ive never seen so many turkeys as i saw today. I saw about 9 different flocks of between 8-12 birds all over southern rhody. Seemed everywhere i looked there was turkeys.
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10-11-2007, 03:15 PM
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Location: Newtown, CT
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Just curious as to where?
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10-11-2007, 04:48 PM
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Location: MA
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Along bostonneck, e.greenwich, warwick,rt 4 and couple other roads where i got lost too
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10-11-2007, 05:17 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
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We have a ton up here and they are angry when I try to get in my house I think they want to attack but they will get a nice steel toe in the belly
Last edited by tattoobob; 10-11-2007 at 06:53 PM..
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey 
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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10-11-2007, 05:37 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Oh Man......I thought this was a Bourbon Thread.
I get them in my yard constantly.....
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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04-27-2008, 08:38 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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I've seen alot this year too. Apr 30th is opening day on the gobblers..I cant wait, I want to get one with my bow out of a window in my house..shouldnt be hard they're everywhere!
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04-27-2008, 10:50 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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interesting thing about turkeys is...
a deer or two .......are always within sight of them
their eye sight is better or their senses.. and the deer will graze near them and use them as a tool to avoid danger...
i've been fencing them out here...as the last owner fed them cracked corn for 20 years...
with my dog out of commission, i now have to keep a sharp ear...
for that single cluck...
half the time they are standing right in the middle of our road... 
but.... try and follow them or sneak up on them...
and they'll outsmart you every time |
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04-28-2008, 05:18 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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I bet that there's 8 or 10 dead ones along I-495.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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04-28-2008, 06:01 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Coventry, RI
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 You won't see nearly as many once the shootin' starts on Wednesday   |
Catch'em up,
ThomCat
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04-28-2008, 10:24 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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I have a couple flocks on the property here, too. They're so common nowadays my head doesn't even turn to look anymore. They're like pigeons.
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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04-28-2008, 10:38 AM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Can you hit them with a golf ball? Is that a legal hunting mechanism?
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04-28-2008, 11:05 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striperman36
Can you hit them with a golf ball? Is that a legal hunting mechanism?
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if the Golf balls are made by Remington  |
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04-28-2008, 11:37 AM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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Well place pellet round does wonders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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04-28-2008, 11:58 AM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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04-28-2008, 02:17 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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yea those gullotines are pretty slick. I've got my bow ready - hanging up on a hanger in my room with a broadhead on stand-by for apr 30th and the next tom that walks by my window. 
any bowhunters on S-B?
Ive got a darton maverick extreme 30" dl / 60# dw. Its got a cobra sight and trophy taker drop-away rest, shooting 250gr carbon express maxima sharfts with 75gr broadheads. It shoots around 280fps. I love my bow.  |
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04-30-2008, 03:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Coventry, RI
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 I checked in 6 today at QLB&T. Biggest was 23lbs.
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Catch'em up,
ThomCat
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05-16-2008, 09:28 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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their driving me nuts
3 turkey raids today
i chased one a 1/4 mile
thru the woods....
just to let it definitely know
i meant business
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05-17-2008, 06:43 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: West Babylon, LI
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This may sound like a dumb question but why do you have to chase em away? Do they eat your gardens? Not too many turkeys in my parts.
That video was pretty wild. Poor birdie just trying to get a little action and bam....no head. mmmmmm dinner.
Matt
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05-17-2008, 07:16 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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yes they eat in gardens
they can destroy a garden in a single day
trying to dig up all the earth worms
their favorite food... they'll rip out
a whole row of onions in 20 minutes
or just trample on everything..
their legs are super strong
they are also trying to eat my asparagus
to me...they are an up periscope head...
friggan pest.... and sneaky as hell.
i'm wishing ...i had some bottle rockets.
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05-17-2008, 08:51 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: West Babylon, LI
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The way the turkey stomped the decoys in that video, they seem like they can be pretty nasty.
Can they jump fences or is that good enough to keep em away?
Bring out the dogs.
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