bald Rooster
Songster
Ok Football was a broad breasted Tom turkey about 3 years old and close to 35 pounds whole.
He and my other Tom were free ranging because the hens needed a vacation from the guys. Both Turkeys were Roosting on my hitching post.
I came out this morning and was not greeted by them! I found the other Tom alive with the horses.
Then I saw feathers by the Hitching post.
Its about 400 feet to the back fence, and it was easy to follow the feather trail and drag marks.
Several things are saying Bob cat to me. One if it was a Coyote I would see claw marks in the few tracks I found.Also I found the carcass. No bones were broke or chewed.The entire skeleton was intact including the wings.
The dragging makes me think a smaller animal.
The only thing that really confuses me is. How did this animal eat the entire 35 pound turkey guts and all. Almost no meat left.
I do not see signs of more then one animal. And very few tracks.
I did find a couple large Raccoon tracks in the back, but the few tracks I found with the drag mark I could not make out and claws.
The most interesting fact is that no bones were chewed through.
He and my other Tom were free ranging because the hens needed a vacation from the guys. Both Turkeys were Roosting on my hitching post.
I came out this morning and was not greeted by them! I found the other Tom alive with the horses.
Then I saw feathers by the Hitching post.
Its about 400 feet to the back fence, and it was easy to follow the feather trail and drag marks.
Several things are saying Bob cat to me. One if it was a Coyote I would see claw marks in the few tracks I found.Also I found the carcass. No bones were broke or chewed.The entire skeleton was intact including the wings.
The dragging makes me think a smaller animal.
The only thing that really confuses me is. How did this animal eat the entire 35 pound turkey guts and all. Almost no meat left.
I do not see signs of more then one animal. And very few tracks.
I did find a couple large Raccoon tracks in the back, but the few tracks I found with the drag mark I could not make out and claws.
The most interesting fact is that no bones were chewed through.