A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[rjohns39]

Ok, looks like it finally broke free of Memphis and is straitening out.Hammering bamba now.Still feeding off the gulf and heading for GA next. I'm prolly an hour out right now.

 

[Sara L]

Looks like he is about a two year old based on his spurs. He is most likely not the dominant tom in the area and is not likely to leave on his own. My recommendation is to contact your local game warden and ask his recommendations. A fellow BYC member had a young tom move into her place. The tom ended up killing at least one of her chickens. Fortunately her local game warden permitted her to capture the tom and release him in an area with other wild turkeys.

There's other turkeys in the area, they wander past and my folks like watching them raise the babies each year.

If he gets too annoying, well it is turkey hunting season and the limit is 3...

 

[memphis]

R2elk...is that Mr. Picky checking out the wild girl??
Aurora....adorable pics!! That chicken is so sweet. Love the turkey grooming your hair!

 

[memphis]

Good luck to those in the way of this storm. Dang it was loud! Lots of rain but the wind wasnt too bad.

 

[R2elk]

R2elk...is that Mr. Picky checking out the wild girl??
Aurora....adorable pics!! That chicken is so sweet. Love the turkey grooming your hair!

Of course.

 

[memphis]

Mr. Picky!! Walking on the wild side!!

 

[memphis]

Hitting the road Sunday to go show dogs for a week. I HATE leaving the girls so long. They have a great hen sitter....but she doesn't spend the time with them that I do. Or cater to their every whim. LOL! No lap time either. Oh well....they'll get over it. Poor babies! I actually miss them when I'm gone.

R2elk...have the coonhound entered in his first sanctioned hunt. Wish me luck. I expect him to qualify and not embarrass me! We'll see how it goes. He can be a wild card. Then off to show Aussies at our National Specialty. He will be the only coonhound in a sea of Aussies. If he opens his mouth, everyone at the show site will be looking at me. He obviously has a quite distinctive voice.

 

[memphis]

And I'm curious about Mr. Picky & the wild girls. Will there be baby Mr. Picky's running the countryside? Do you think the wild girls descend from that one hen who showed up for all those years? Is it possible they are following their moms wild ways?

 

[duluthralphie]

And I'm curious about Mr. Picky & the wild girls. Will there be baby Mr. Picky's running the countryside? Do you think the wild girls descend from that one hen who showed up for all those years? Is it possible they are following their moms wild ways?

Turkey hens are just prisoners to their own hormones. They naturally go for the best looking guy around.. when JJ was alive he had the same problem beating off the wild women..


Good luck on the trials and shows. Have you been training the coon mutt, or are you relying on instinct?

I would love a coon hound. But traveling with a lab is hard enough let alone a baying hound.

 

[memphis]

I've been training the coonhound with a group in north Mississippi. This will be his first sanctioned hunt. It's up in Missouri. To be honest, this dog is pretty quiet around the house. Sometimes he'll bay if he's playing. He isn't an alarm dog. Someone could walk in & he wouldn't say much. Quiet in his crate while traveling. But he's quite vocal when on a trail or tree. Guess that's his instinct. He's actually an easy dog to live with. I just worry about him getting loose. If he gets his nose into something he won't pay much attention to me.