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  1. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    Finally a hunter that knows he shot a heritage turkey. https://wildturkeylab.com/domestic-varieties-of-turkeys-vs-wild-turkeys/
  2. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    Toms found a fawn in the poultry yard. They ignored it once it got up. There's 2 does hanging around. It looks bigger than it is. I was shooting uphill.
  3. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    I have found the older toms need to be rested longer for rigor mortis to pass. Traditionally weekend before Thanksgiving but I rest a week
  4. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    Poults hatched May 1st are fighting already
  5. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    It will be interesting to see when grown
  6. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    That's what I thought too.
  7. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    Found this box turtle trying to get out of the poultry yard. So I put her on the other side. Came back after checking poults and she was trying to get back in. So I put her back in. After the storm I went out and didn't see her. Had a bit of rain almost 3 inches in a short time with hail ...
  8. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    Snood picker is a bad boy. He would be my first pick for freezer camp in a few months
  9. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    I checked the good mama about noon and all was well. 2pm a dead poult near the door. She was sitting in the back about the same spot. Not all are meant to live.
  10. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    I have seen a fox a couple weeks ago and a pair of coyotes last week. So I am assuming the pair scared the hen, without her loosing feathers, over the 2 fences. She was either caught off property or got lost. The poult could be somewhere in the weeds dead. A 3 days old could easily be missed...
  11. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    No lgd Known chance I take with semi free range. That's why I have too many, I thought it would make predator loss easier emotionally. Still stressful.
  12. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    So far still no sign of them. The good mama has at least 14 poults. 11 from the missing one. There's 3 eggs she moved off of and I gave them to another who had one. The hen that had one was laying across the road and came back with a shoulder missing feathers. I locked her in a few days and she...
  13. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    Well I can't find this hen and her lone poult this morning. I assume something got them. Or she's hiding somewhere. There was a storm last night and I was out there checking fences a few minutes after sunrise. No sign of a struggle, she was in a knee high weedy area 100x50. I would think there...
  14. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    I have seen a couple this year. Last year I followed several from the garden to between the house, bushes and steps in some leaf litter. That was the only pollinators in the garden.
  15. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    No pictures but first 3 hatches of the year. Monday was a chicken chick instead of the turkey eggs due next week. :barnie gave the turkey eggs to another due then. Today a nest that had been rained on had 12 of 15 hatch. She was on a walk about leaving them alone, so I grab 11 and gave to the "...
  16. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    I have skinned owl kills in the middle of winter looking for punctures, but I get the thigh medallions if ok.
  17. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    Is this how people clean their wild birds? I always plucked https://www.onxmaps.com/hunt/blog/cleaning-wild-turkey-guide
  18. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    Yeah I just butchered a tom that was king last spring and was injured when he was deposed by a nephew. I should have butched him then...or mid summer when he twisted half a wing off a late poult. But I waited until last week. Only reason I did the deed was eggs hatching this week and I know he...
  19. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    I buy a bag a year or walk across the road every other year and gleen my cousin's field after harvest. I throw some in a pen to get them use to going in so they are easier to catch.
  20. Molpet

    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    And mine fight over corn
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