My doc said one attacked his truck last year.  It was upset!

Coupla years ago I had 3 toms hanging around the house in the woods, I'd hear them gobbling around in the mornings mostly.  I'd walk up the driveway to get the paper and one would be hanging in the driveway and really be interested in giving way but it finally move over 10-15ft.  One day I was out loading a log onto the trailer, pulling it with a come-along.  Every time I would crank on it it would screech and in the woods I would hear "gobblegobble."  It was pretty funny.  I let this boy who works for the power company hunt on the property for deer, he had called about turkeys, I told him these were around, come on out.  Next morning he comes early and put a tom decoy out and plunked himself down about 20ft from it then called.  One of them came and attacked the decoy and he got it.  His buddy was over the other side of the property and didn't get one, I guess they ran off, but they came back the next morning and the friend got one.  Those spurs they have are like needles/razors, incredibly sharp.

I have flocks (or whatever they are called) come through occasionally but I haven't seen any lately here, but I have seen them around other places.

--FT

On 4/7/20 1:47 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote:
Yes ruffled grouse is state bird of PA.
Wild turkeys can be aggressive. I saw a flock  of them go after a letter
carrier & her truck.

Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI

On Tue, Apr 7, 2020, 1:34 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:

Yeah, that was my point.

I’ve seen the results of wild turkey as a food source, and I wasn’t
impressed. I would just as well get a fresh one from my butcher and let the
wild ones run wild. They’re pretty cool to see in the woods.

Kind of like grouse. Cool to watch, never understood the motivation behind
shooting/eating them.

-D


On Apr 7, 2020, at 1:27 PM, Dwight Giles <dwight.gi...@gmail.com> wrote:

My brother shot some wild turkeys  for thanksgiving one year. We decided
the only way to really eat them was with Wild Turkey
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI

On Tue, Apr 7, 2020, 1:22 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
We had turkeys all over the place in Wisconsin. Guy I worked with was
really good with those disc calls that you put in your mouth? He would
bring them in to work and demonstrate some of the calls he could do. It was
pretty cool. He had the wooden box thing you scratched or rubbed, too.
I wouldn’t care too much about shooting one but I think it would be cool
to see if I could use a call and get some to show up.
-D

On Apr 7, 2020, at 12:38 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
Per season which includes either 2 male turkeys in the spring season
or one male in the spring and one of either sex in the fall.
I have never successfully shot a turkey. In the past my scouting has
been insufficient. I've also purchased a couple decoys for this year's hunt.
-Curt

    On Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 12:31:20 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel <
astrasfo...@gmail.com <mailto:astrasfo...@gmail.com>> wrote:
$5 per turkey or per season?

On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 12:26 PM Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com
<mailto:curtlud...@yahoo.com>> wrote:
There are several animals you can hunt here year 'round with no
restrictions although a hunting license is still required. The 4 that I
count are:English SparrowStarlingChipmunkPorcupine
I've taken 2 chipmunks in the last 2 weeks with my airgun. I saw my
first starling yesterday. Starlings and English sparrows are both invasive
and chipmunks are just destructive.Skunks are also on the list and I'd
consider shooting one in the wild but not in the backyard...
We do need a special permit for turkeys, I think its $5.
-Curt

    On Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 12:21:07 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel <
astrasfo...@gmail.com <mailto:astrasfo...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Are they a nuisance bird up there?  Or do you need a permit to hunt
them?
On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 11:29 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
  I've been scouting turkeys, our season opens on the 27th. I've got a
good spot behind a friend's house but its a 20 minute drive away so I'm
trying to find something closer. I'm also trying to find a spot that won't
have 100 other hunters. I've put out some corn in front of the game camera
but nothing yet...
-Curt

     On Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 7:29:11 AM EDT, Buggered Benzmail via
Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:


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