This morning I was in the bedroom cleaning up a bit and the windows were open. I kept hearing turkeys that sounded really close. I looked out the window to see if they were out where we put deer corn but they weren’t. I kept cleaning but I kept hearing them. I walked into the living room and said “I hear turkeys”. Vince said “I think it’s hunters calling them.” I looked out and this is what I saw:
Turkeys
Both Toms! And, it’s turkey season! One was just outside our fence on the neighbor’s property and the other was inside our orchard.
Turkeys
He was just beyond the well. They eat bugs so I convinced Vince to leave them alone. Next time . . we may be having turkey for dinner!
Folks tell us that once there were lots of turkeys in this area and then they didn’t see many of them but now, we’re starting to see quite a few of them. I wouldn’t mind getting a couple of them but for the most part, I’d rather they reproduce and re-populate the area until we start seeing that there are too many of them.
Patricia Cash says
Thanks for the pictures. When we first built our house, we would see the turkey but homes have built up around us and we don’t see them anymore. But lots of deer!
Kathy C in OR says
I don’t recall, did your turkey eggs ever hatch?
Sherrill says
I love seeing wild turkeys–none around here but I saw a ton of them in CO a few weeks ago. This one fella was ALL fluffed out chasing the girls around but they didn’t want anything to do with him. SO funny. Wonder if they’d have a wild taste to them..never ate anything but storebought.
shirley says
There is a flock of about 60 here I’m glad they eat ticks. They should be really fat. (Lots of ticks)
I’d rather have store bought turkeys than wild. But I love everything else wild.