TURKEY for BREAKFAST

[Swimmer]

Deer hunting about 4:30 a.m. sitting up against a tree in the deep woods of Plymouth, mass. 20 years ago I had the bejesus scaid out of me when a large tom took off from above me. He roosted in the tree overnight and must have been pissed when I sat down. I looked up at the first turkey in flight I ever saw and nearly jumped out of my boots. Huge friggin bird...

[tattoobob]

I was driving my daughter to work and we saw one in full feather strut with his hens. great looking birds tasty to

[Skitterpop]

Cracked cow corn to the butcher block...preheat oven

slow cook at 300 with a little canola oil and a full baconwrap cover with foil and remove for 15 minutes at 450 to brown and blast...gobble gobble gobble

[Raven]

but i never hear the turkey's (males) gobblin....around here...i see them in groups
or sometimes just a pair of hens....rarely a Jake and so far i haven't heard a gobble gobble yet.... somethin about the nor east i heard.
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anyways i'll never forget....Tent camping once in the Sequoia National
Park...and it was real Pristine...(5000ft) we're the only people there ...5:00 am first light:
and the deer were coming thru the camp (i have it on movie film)

...back to the story: slowly but surely.... this tom turkey kept gobblin see and getting closer and closer and closer to the campground until it was like "in stereo loud"
and i wake the wife...to say: Look honey! (->out the tent window) check out the turkey coming into the camp !

she says: ALL Cranky like "is that what i've been hearing ,wakin me up?? I NOD, yep! and SHE JUST Yells at that Turkey real LOUD !!
"GET OUTTA HERE YA FRAGGIN TURKEY " .......and the turkey freak's out and flew away.... heh heh heh it was hilarious.....

[Skitterpop]

That flock must roost nearby

Go out at first light and produce a great horned owl call....cupped hands..... deep HOO.... HOO-HOO...and if the Tom is close enough by whether he is with the Flock and he should be now ...in Spring he might roost by himself....he should go nuts if you can do a decent owl call.

It is quite the wildness if he does it

[Backbeach Jake]

Come to think of it, I've never heard them in New England . In Northeastern Kentucky, all the time , but here no. I have seen one chasing a hawk through the trees at Head of the Meadow though. Impressive flying for such a big bird. The hawk looked scared.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake

Come to think of it, I've never heard them in New England . In Northeastern Kentucky, all the time , but here no. I have seen one chasing a hawk through the trees at Head of the Meadow though. Impressive flying for such a big bird. The hawk looked scared.

theres some here....and i listened for them during late january when it was warm for their mating calls (mating season) ....good idea ...i'll try it because i have an excellent owl call i learned from livin in the mountains in the west. hoo hoo hooo ...- hoo hoo