Turkey Strutting (5/30/04)

[ceohunter]

Went to the farm at about 10:15 this morning. Drove around the corner and there were about 6 hens with 2 longbeards with them. One of the long beards was strutting. This bird was so hot that within the 20 minutes I watched them he "did it" or "mated" with the ground about 3-4 times. Saw no poults and am hoping the six hens either are jennies or were just up feeding. I did see one hen get in the breeding position and when the longbeard would get close to her she would hop away. She may not be an exhibitionist and didn't let him cause I was watching[:)]!

[ceohunter]

Anybody ever see a turkey have sex by himself with the ground?

[RutNBuck]

yes this practice is very common see it every year...includiung this year multipule times heard one gobbling this morning with a quail whistling all at the same time so birds were pretty active before the storms

"A wise indian once said,the more you move the less you will see,the less you move the more you will see"

" I live to hunt, but my wife says i may be hunting a place to live"

[Hunt n nut]

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Never seen it in person, but I saw it on a HS Sturt video. It was a jake.

[lab]

I have not seen one pleasure itself on the ground, but a mans got to do what a mans got to do. I did see a really nice bird this morning. He was in a field with a couple of other longbeards and about eight hens. I don't think you could have paid him enough to come out of a strut.

A bad day hunting id better than agood day at work.

[turk2di]

I have seen gobblers pleasure themselves b4. In fact, when it get's real slow............[;)][:D]

what u get out, is what u put in

[ceohunter]

I've heard about it, but until Saturday morning had never seen it. Maybe I don't give them a chance[:D]

[RutNBuck]

i have actually got to witness breeding taking place
and if you ever see it he deff dont treat her like a lady grabs her by the back of the head and away he goes....looks like she is in fear for her life

"A wise indian once said,the more you move the less you will see,the less you move the more you will see"

" I live to hunt, but my wife says i may be hunting a place to live"

[P. Beyer]

Saw 2 toms strutting in a feild with 8 or 9 hens today.

"It makes no difference whether I got anything; it has to do with how the day was spent"

Fred Bear

[RutNBuck]

heard one gobbling this afternoon
still havent seen any poults

"A wise indian once said,the more you move the less you will see,the less you move the more you will see"

" I live to hunt, but my wife says i may be hunting a place to live"

[ceohunter]

Hopefully they are still makin babies!

[P. Beyer]

Yesterday while fishing I also heard several hens and one lone Gobble.

"It makes no difference whether I got anything; it has to do with how the day was spent"

Fred Bear