It’s a bit early ain’t it?

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It’s a bit early ain’t it?

It may be 73 days, 13 hours, and 40 minutes until wild turkey season opens here in Ontario (who’s counting) but to hear these birds this morning you’d never know it! I set up this morning, half an hour before legal light, for coyotes and little did I know I was practically sitting under a flock of about 25 birds! Watched them fly down shortly after I recorded this. April can’t come soon enough!

 
been watching the same flock of 9 all winter behind my house.. bonus was a few days ago there were 9 turkeys staring at a coyote about 20 yards away from them... the coyote stood there as the flock passed. 560 yard from my house, but i got to watch through the spotting scope
 
When it comes to bird hunting, I can generally take it or leave it. I do some, but my interest is pretty casual.


But turkey hunting is, of course, not bird hunting in anything other than name. It's the one thing that I miss about the province of Ontario. I have no turkeys near my current home, but I follow the turkey hunting threads here with rabid fascination. Love those birds! :)
 
Turkeys had been making their way north in ON. My wife saw one just south-east of North Bay last year.
After this brutal winter of ol' time snow and cold, I think their advancement north may have been halted.
Wonder if it's stopped the wild boars from venturing further north?
 
jjohnwm said:
... turkey hunting is, of course, not bird hunting in anything other than name. It's the one thing that I miss about the province of Ontario. I have no turkeys near my current home, but I follow the turkey hunting threads here with rabid fascination. Love those birds! :)
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You get it... :)
 
jjohnwm said:
When it comes to bird hunting, I can generally take it or leave it. I do some, but my interest is pretty casual.

But turkey hunting is, of course, not bird hunting in anything other than name. It's the one thing that I miss about the province of Ontario. I have no turkeys near my current home, but I follow the turkey hunting threads here with rabid fascination. Love those birds! :)
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This guy gets it!
 
Cool video and audio.
I am passionate about turkey hunting as well, and that video got me in the spirit again.
The fly down cackle is a great gobble trigger, but you're right, this is about 3 weeks early
 
I was out this morning and heard some chattering and gobbling in the distance. I’ve been capturing quite a bit of action on my game cam this winter and I’ve regularly seen a group of about 50 birds wandering about. April cant come soon enough...

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im pretty sure they have a calendar set up right outside my property...... before the season, 20-40 in my yard on a regular basis. opening day till closing.. not a damn bird in sight... they literally go around my place and to my neighbors. he said this year after he gets one, i can hunt his chunk so that should drastically improve my odds..
 
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