Guest MarylandQDMA Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 there have been rumors flying around the area that there was a turkey living inthe area. well I did not bleave it, well untill sunday. here along the road where it had been spoted before was a jake standing feeding onthe side of the road. seems there is a tom as well. sad thing, people have been feeding it. hello it is a wild animal. seems that cause it is the first one, people around here think they need to feed it in order to keep it around. well there was a reasion why it showed up in the first place. i did see that the jake was limping. seems he had a run in with something. I have been thinking about calling the dnr and report into them, inhopes that they can stop the free handouts. what do you think? it is so cool to see a wild turkey. Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Re: first one in the area! that's good news, not that long ago no one in my area of Ohio even thought about them, now they're hear in large numbers thanks to our DNR. I'd contact yours and let them know, they might even take steps to ensure more inhabit your neck of the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Re: first one in the area! thats awesome Frank! they just introduced them in my part of Ontario. it sure was really cool to see the first one! now the buggers are all over the place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: first one in the area! That is real good news I hope that they get established in your area. Where I am at we had a nice big tom last year that strutted through our garden, but I haven't seen him since. That is the only one that I have seen in a long time. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: first one in the area! Thats cool. If there is one there is more. We have turkeys in the yard every day again. They raid mine and a womans down the streets bird feeders every day. Really cool to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: first one in the area! I remember when Ohio DNR was trying to re-establish turkey in all counties up here. Well, if you're familiar with Lucas county, there isn't too much woods up there, but my wife's family owns 70-some acres in Monclova and about 20 acres of it is Swan Creek bottoms. Some of the released turkeys made it to that bottom, and my wife's aunt was regularly feeding the "wild" turkeys that wandered onto her property. Jokingly one day I asked if I could hunt them--man, you would have thought I was part of the Charles Manson mob, she about had a hissy fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: first one in the area! we had them introduced here last spring ..seems they did better than expected so far. Big broods and good survival. Some dork shot two during deer gun season last fall! i even seen em on my farm last fall, a hen and 6 polts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birddog Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: first one in the area! They get introduced and all is well, but they need to be managed: North Dakota had more insurance claims on turkey/vehicle collisions then they did on deer/car collisions...once they show up they need to be managed....Contact your DNR and tell them about this...you may be hunting turkeys soon! :-) I am afraid that MN is going to have turkey issues soon if they don't start harvesting more: It is an awesome site to see them! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronS Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: first one in the area! That's cool Frank. I remember back in the mid-80's here is was a very big deal when we saw the first wild turkey. Nowadays it's hard to drive down the road without seeing flocks feeding out in the fields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: first one in the area! They had a release of birds very close to us several years ago. I can remember when we first started seeing turkeys and will never forget the first time I saw them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MarylandQDMA Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: first one in the area! we have a turkey seasion here, but there are none on private land to hunt. I spotted this one on watershead land (NO HUNTING HIM). about 30min. north along the pa line, there is a farm that i use to hunt that had turkeys on it, in fact some guys hunted there for them. had a nice flock(?) of them there. Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: first one in the area! I remember when I saw my first turkey in northern NY. Two years later they were everywhere you looked. Good Luck Ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion_70 Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Re: first one in the area! That's great!! I remember when you couldn't find a turkey in north la., I saw a couple in our pasture one day and nobody would believe me. I was young, like 10 and everybody kept telling me I was seein buzzards Well they're there now and everybody's hunting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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