Seeing any turkeys???

[WNY Bowhunter]

What's everyone seeing around for turkey action? I saw several small flocks out in fields today (about 50 birds total / 17 longbeards in the mix). Thankfully, they seemed to have fared the past 6-7 weeks pretty well.  There was no strutting going on today even though 3 out of the 4 groups of toms were with hens. They all seemed to be far more interested in scratching up some food over romance. Can't blame them after what they've just been through...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bkln]

Few flocks on my way to work, they are everywhere....

[ants]

Been seeing nothing!! Im hoping that now that a lot of the snow has melted, I will see them hitting the fields again

[Jeremy K]

Taking my wife out for spring bird , i hope we have a good day and she can take her first bird.

[growalot]

Not a sign nor a peep from them. It is still snowing on the hill, we got almost an inch last night and it's 19 degrees....They usually won't come back up the hill until the weather settles a bit....

Did see the 1 hen near the road in Dansville but no where else in my back road travels....

Edited March 19, 2015 by growalot

[Curmudgeon]

The farmers have been spreading manure for a week. Turkeys everywhere where there is manure, and some on open ground elsewhere. No big flocks.

[dbHunterNY]

seeing both small and big flocks around.  hard to tell exactly but it looks like the numbers are still ok.

[ATbuckhunter]

Nothing by me. Although i suppose it would be really weird if I did see one here. 

[kpkot]

Saw a flock of 8 today driving. Saw tracks on my property of 3 birds today when I went for a walk.

[hunter49]

 Have 13 coming to the bird feeder for the last week.  Had 3 toms this AM & 1 was strutting his stuff, has a paint brush 10" beard, nice bird.

[grampy]

For the first time this year, saw six hens and a tom on a bare spot in a field, just down the road, this morning. They were scratching for food and looked to be in good shape. Haven't seen any in the field behind the house yet,hoping they made it too.

[WhitetailAddict11]

Been keeping my eye on a group of 30 or so, 3-4 long beards in the mix. They roost and spend most of their time right along a cow pasture and fly right down into the cow pies left by the cattle at sunrise for an easy bite, or after the farmer comes through with the manure spreader. Watched them strutting up a storm about a week ago, but hens didn't bat an eye which wasn't surprising. Looking forward to may

[Two Track]

3 walking around the parking lot at the office.  Two are Toms.

They know they are safe here from hunting here - housing developement across the street and the Thruway on the otherside.

 

They have chased people in the parking lot and hung around the front door of the building, so there are coyote decoys set up to try to persuade them to move elsewhere.

[WNY Bowhunter]

Saw my first strutter today!!!

[Pygmy]

I saw a flock of perhaps 30 yesterday afternoon just noth of Addison, feeding in corn stubble.

This morning at coffee, one of the Mermaid's neighbors said there were birds gobbling up a storm across the road from his house this morning..

They are probably gobbling right NOW, since it is thundering out there..

[MACHINIST]

Heading out Saturday driving around and doing some scouting so I hope to see some then

[thphm]

They are out in the fields by me where  manure is spread also deer out in the fields where the grass is showing. There were many of both yesterday.

[Bow Addict]

I checked my trail cams at camp this past weekend.I had seven longbeards walking in a row past my camera.

[growalot]

Oh my gosh the field boarding our back line had a huge flock and 5 deer...all told from there home at least 26 turkey and 13 deer...it was a combo rain snow and they were in a tight group in the cut oats he inter planted with clover

 

Oh and at work Wednesday night I talked with a Gobbler up in the tree farm...to the bee keepers wifes delight..... I got it to come down and gobble right next to us...she laughed and laughed...which is about all I understand for she speaks Greek and very little English...

Edited March 26, 2015 by growalot

[djc225]

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[hunter49]

  Had 16 at the bird feeder this AM.  3 fanned out, strutting toms.

[cityboy]

Started seeing 4 hens in my area near Bullville about 3 weeks ago. Last week the group grew to be 9 hens. This morning was the first time I saw a Tom with the hens and he was a pretty big one. Must be related to the one I saw a few years ago. It was so big it looked like a walking boulder.

[WNY Bowhunter]

Just came in from field testing my new crow all and heard my first gobbles of the year!!! 

[landtracdeerhunter]

 Hens at the bird feeder, a few weeks ago. The usual at the home establishment, nothing till mid April ;  but the other plantation has a nice group of birds on the wheat. They winter in the hemlocks.

[MACHINIST]

Saw 2 strutters and about 20 other birds in a field today...that got the blood flowing!!