huntn4bucks Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 ...so this morning I was set up on the edge of a field where I had a close encounter with a nice gobbler yesterday. The field is located at the base of a mountain and the turkeys routinely pitch off the mountain into the fields. It was very quiet with nothing seemingly stirring on the roost. It was well past the time I thought turkeys should be off the roost so I softly yelped on my pot call. I heard a hen yelp back just up the hill...still on the roost. No more than 2-3 minutes later turkeys started sailing off into the field about 70-80 yards in front of me. They were all hens...10 of them. One of the hens started purring and cutting while the others just feed in the field. All of the sudden a gobbler started going nuts every time the hen purred and cutt...he too was still on the roost. I mimicked the hen note for note and we had this bad boy turned inside out. About 5 minutes later he pitched off the roost and landed directly in the middle of all the hens. What happened next is what surprised me. As soon as the gobbler's feet hit the ground, the hens attacked him. I mean they were giving him a major butt whoppin'. He would duck and run and scramble but he was no match for a group of hens. I guess you could say he was "hen pecked". This went on for 5 more minutes until a group of coyotes heard all the commotion and busted them up. I have been chasing turkeys off and on since the mid 80's and have never seen a gobbler get his butt kicked by a group of hens...and I mean bad! Has anyone else ever experienced this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsman2500 Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Never heard of thata before. I bet that bird will be hard to kill now unless you use another call like a gobble call or something. That would be awesome to see!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsman2500 Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 for got to add. He must have been going around cheating on the girls so they decided to gang up on him and give him what for. instead of keying his 4- wheel drive and carving thier names into his leather seats they just opened a can of whoop_____!!lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 can't say I've seen that before... he must not be the stud gobbler in the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 That would have been great to capture on video. Seen birds run in circles and the one in the middle jump on several occasions, but never seen a group of hens whoop a gobbler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKYhunter Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Never even heard of that before. Very interesting behavior you were blessed to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 first I have heard of such....I'm sure it was as site to see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 That's a new one for me. Can't imagine why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted April 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 That would have been great to capture on video. I was thinking the very same thing as I sat there in amazement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 I got my butt kicked by my prom date. LOL Just kidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkeybuster Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 I've never seen or heard of such a thing. I bet it was some site to see though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 Haven't ever seen or heard of that either! Maybe because it was a flock of hens and he flew into their flock, they were just very terriorial. We have chickens and if we put a new bird in with the flock, they'll fight and what not until they all know who's the top hen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbeard Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Never have seen that myself. Pretty neat experience I'd say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 That's new to me too. But still very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maytom Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Never seen anything like that either? Must of been cool to watch though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfrompa Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Very strange. I would love to witness that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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