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What is typical tom count in a flock of turkeys?

Lil'John

Lil'John

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Title kind of states it.

I debating posting in OSR but since I'm not shooting them, I thought I'd post here:flipoff2::homer:

Just because picture:
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That is two out of three that come through with about thirty other turkeys:eek: The three don't seem to be fighting... just a boat load of puffing and tail splaying:lmao:
 
It'a a rafter of turkeys:flipoff2:



I have no idea what the rule is, but I get several toms that seem to hang out together. Occasionally they'll bow up to each other, but usually just scavenge around under my bird feeder.

Spring seems to be the time they are chasing ass and acting up, but even then it's always been a random mix of toms and hens.
 
I DuckGo searched and saw too many answers for a group including rafter although this source:
https://pickhunting.com/what-is-a-group-of-turkeys-called/
Claimed rafter was for domesticated turkeys:homer:

It also had brood and dule.

So far, the turkey group around my house hasn't gotten "violent" in the last three years. I had the three dominant toms come through about 10 minutes ago. There is a young tom that hangs around solo.
 
I have 4 large older toms that hang togeather in my yard usually just outside the rafter and maybe another 3 mixed in with 35-70 hens in my yard on any random morning/evening
 
We get about 40 at a time running around my house. Last one I got with my bow. Ate it about an hour later. That was in season. When its out of season, its just so damned tempting to pick a few off.
 
If your raising them then it’s 1 per 10 hens max or else the toms just rape the shit out of the hens. I’ve seen a guy who had 4, 2 of each and the hens were actually unhealthy with all the claw marks and shit cause the toms just fucked them so often.
 
2big bronco said:
I have 4 large older toms that hang togeather in my yard usually just outside the rafter and maybe another 3 mixed in with 35-70 hens in my yard on any random morning/evening
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Wait, is this the same yard that the deer are out there tripping over all the bunny rabbits too? Why in the name of all things even semirelated to a six pound eight ounce sweet baby Jesus do you not have a mirepoix (yeah, I looked that one up :2fangers: ) garden build thread, and the wife her very own cooking channel? 🇭🇺
 
Normal 2-4 in my experience.
 
Fullsize80cherokee said:
If your raising them then it’s 1 per 10 hens max or else the toms just rape the shit out of the hens. I’ve seen a guy who had 4, 2 of each and the hens were actually unhealthy with all the claw marks and shit cause the toms just fucked them so often.
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Not raising.... just a wild group that comes through my yard about twice a week except when it snows. My curiosity finally got the best of me.
 
petro812 said:
Wait, is this the same yard that the deer are out there tripping over all the bunny rabbits too? Why in the name of all things even semirelated to a six pound eight ounce sweet baby Jesus do you not have a mirepoix (yeah, I looked that one up :2fangers: ) garden build thread, and the wife her very own cooking channel? 🇭🇺
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Because im to lazy to garden and the wife cant cook beyond a bag of frozen veggies in the microwave.

But yes its the same yard, i caught a huge tom by diving on it yesterday... maybe later ill take a picture with one or petting my dear. I tried to leed one by the antlers the other day and it wasn't having it.
 
2big bronco said:
Because im to lazy to garden and the wife cant cook beyond a bag of frozen veggies in the microwave.

But yes its the same yard, i caught a huge tom by diving on it yesterday... maybe later ill take a picture with one or petting my dear. I tried to leed one by the antlers the other day and it wasn't having it.
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:lmao::lmao:
 
No Turkey at the moment so how bout an opossum :lmao:. Much less bittey then i thought he would be. His name is Monkey and he lives under my house and keeps everything else from wanting to live under there. Its a pretty fair agreement

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2big bronco said:
No Turkey at the moment so how bout an opossum :lmao:. Much less bittey then i thought he would be. His name is Monkey and he lives under my house and keeps everything else from wanting to live under there. Its a pretty fair agreement
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Did you eat paint chips as a child?



:flipoff2:
 
Be careful with the bucks around the little ones.

Other than that, I'm waiting for a video of you getting stomped out by a deer or clawed up by a turkey. :laughing:

This is what happens when you put city people in the sticks :flipoff2:
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YotaAtieToo said:
Be careful with the bucks around the little ones.

Other than that, I'm waiting for a video of you getting stomped out by a deer or clawed up by a turkey. :laughing:

This is what happens when you put city people in the sticks :flipoff2:
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I grew up a lot more rural then where im at now... this is the closest to a city i have ever lived
 
det107 said:
What infraction did the turkey do this time to warrant a hands down scolding?
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Didnt run away when i started walking towards it. It let me get about 4' before it started walking backwards facing me. I looked around to make sure my neighbors wernt outside to laugh incase i just ate dirt and the coast was clear. Dove on him and pinned him down sideways to gain controll of both legs as fast as possible. It went pretty smooth so took him to the house for my kid to pet.
 
I was "squirrel hunting," i.e. walking around in the woods with a .22, late one evening, way back in high school, and came across 21 roosted in the trees. They spotted me first, but not before I was directly under them. I thought the world was ending, didn't know what the hell was going on. Turkeys aren't so graceful falling from trees, and make a lot of noise bouncing from limb to limb, when they're trying to get the hell away from something.
 
My brother-in-law has a feeder and game camera on some property my folks own. He caught this flock a few times, north of 30 birds.

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Lee said:
I was "squirrel hunting," i.e. walking around in the woods with a .22, late one evening, way back in high school, and came across 21 roosted in the trees. They spotted me first, but not before I was directly under them. I thought the world was ending, didn't know what the hell was going on. Turkeys aren't so graceful falling from trees, and make a lot of noise bouncing from limb to limb, when they're trying to get the hell away from something.
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oh yeah they have a hell of a time getting into trees, great for a laugh whenever they're in my front yard

they're smart around here, terrified of people within 200' of them
 
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