We have been unseasonably warm here and I ahve heard several people say that they are seeing birds strutting already. Hopefully it will cool back off for a month. reflex264
I've been seeing a few. Even had some on one of my cams this weekend.
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Yes, they are strutting hard and gobbling hard here in GA, but they are still running in all gobbler and all hen groups. They will mingle together, but the ladies arent as ready as the boys yet.
Nice pic Ronnie...That will get your blood pumping
Dang Ronnie, That bird next to the strutter either has a serious rope or he is toating 4 or 5 beards! AWESOME! :you_rock: :you_rock:
Quote from: Flydown on February 13, 2012, 08:11:40 PM
Dang Ronnie, That bird next to the strutter either has a serious rope or he is toating 4 or 5 beards! AWESOME! :you_rock: :you_rock:
Good eye! I've only seen a handfull that thick, and they all had several beards.
Saw 4 last week in full strut. (Southwest VA)
Quote from: Flydown on February 13, 2012, 08:11:40 PM
Dang Ronnie, That bird next to the strutter either has a serious rope or he is toating 4 or 5 beards! AWESOME! :you_rock: :you_rock:
Daggone!! You beat me to it. That beard is a brush now. Put him at the top of the list!!
I love you, can I come hunt with you? Will you marry me?
Quote from: sugarray on February 13, 2012, 08:19:44 PM
Quote from: Flydown on February 13, 2012, 08:11:40 PM
Dang Ronnie, That bird next to the strutter either has a serious rope or he is toating 4 or 5 beards! AWESOME! :you_rock: :you_rock:
Daggone!! You beat me to it. That beard is a brush now. Put him at the top of the list!!
I love you, can I come hunt with you? Will you marry me?
Ahhhh Ray, you are both spoken for........ ;D
Quote from: sugarray on February 13, 2012, 08:19:44 PM
Daggone!! You beat me to it. That beard is a brush now. Put him at the top of the list!!
I love you, can I come hunt with you? Will you marry me?
You could have right up until you made those two statements. You know how I am about funny gobblers,.
Quote from: guesswho on February 13, 2012, 08:16:21 PM
Quote from: Flydown on February 13, 2012, 08:11:40 PM
Dang Ronnie, That bird next to the strutter either has a serious rope or he is toating 4 or 5 beards! AWESOME! :you_rock: :you_rock:
Good eye! I've only seen a handfull that thick, and they all had several beards.
I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of that dude up close, March 15th. ;)
Might kill him the last day ;D
Quote from: guesswho on February 13, 2012, 08:30:34 PM
Might kill him the last day ;D
Its strange how that 5th bird always comes on April 30th. That has been a pretty lucky day for me for a long time. :D
Yes....they have been strutting in SW Georgia. The cool snap this weekend probably slowed it back down though.
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Yup..this pic was feb 1 in s. Ga
I saw 2 struttin' this morning here in Middle TN.
Well, I let my emotions get the best of me there.
I'd come video that hunt for ya. That thing is just, well, hard to describe! Sure do hope you get him and not someone else!!
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I think I am the only one around here that hasn't seen them strut yet. reflex264
HMMMMM.....Lotta Georgia reports... I was planning on heading up to NE GA 2nd week of April. Y'all think I'd be better off going earlier?
Quote from: Longspur321 on February 14, 2012, 10:45:35 AM
HMMMMM.....Lotta Georgia reports... I was planning on heading up to NE GA 2nd week of April. Y'all think I'd be better off going earlier?
I'd stick with the original plan, unless you can swing two trips.
Yep, been seein the ol boys struttin for the last week or 2 here in GA but the sexes are still separated for the most part except for some mingling. The hens ain't ready yet.
headbanger
Yep. Saw one strutting this morning with 4 hens. It was 39 degrees and raining. 5 minute walk from my house. Of course I can't hunt there. Oh well.
Quote from: guesswho on February 14, 2012, 11:16:48 AM
Quote from: Longspur321 on February 14, 2012, 10:45:35 AM
HMMMMM.....Lotta Georgia reports... I was planning on heading up to NE GA 2nd week of April. Y'all think I'd be better off going earlier?
I'd stick with the original plan, unless you can swing two trips.
:icon_thumright:
Quote from: Flydown on February 13, 2012, 08:33:30 PM
Its strange how that 5th bird always comes on April 30th. That has been a pretty lucky day for me for a long time. :D
So it takes you 47 days to kill 5 gobblers ? HUMMMMM :funnyturkey:
Quote from: vaturkey on February 14, 2012, 03:43:48 PM
Quote from: Flydown on February 13, 2012, 08:33:30 PM
Quote from: guesswho on February 13, 2012, 08:30:34 PM
Might kill him the last day ;D
Its strange how that 5th bird always comes on April 30th. That has been a pretty lucky day for me for a long time. :D
So it takes you 47 days to kill 5 gobblers ? HUMMMMM :funnyturkey:
What can I say, I ain't to good at this. Thats why I ask so many questions.
No it is just that Alabama birds are so much smarter and harder to kill! :OGturkeyhead: :OGturkeyhead: :OGturkeyhead:
I am seeing groups of turkeys with the sexes split. Saw one group of 11 gobblers! Too bad they will split up before March 15th, that would be one heck of a show!
Quote from: guesswho on February 14, 2012, 03:49:23 PM
Quote from: vaturkey on February 14, 2012, 03:43:48 PM
Quote from: Flydown on February 13, 2012, 08:33:30 PM
Quote from: guesswho on February 13, 2012, 08:30:34 PM
Might kill him the last day ;D
Its strange how that 5th bird always comes on April 30th. That has been a pretty lucky day for me for a long time. :D
So it takes you 47 days to kill 5 gobblers ? HUMMMMM :funnyturkey:
What can I say, I ain't to good at this. Thats why I ask so many questions.
Yah, that's it. ;D
I've seen several strutters in SE Tennessee over the past few weeks. But they rae still all grouped up. Just this morning saw 40+ feeding in a field. Most were hens and young, but there were three strutters tagging along.
Unless I am mistaken, it is the increasing amount of daylight that causes the hens to be receptive, not warm weather. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but the boys are ready just about anytime. It's the girls that determine when breeding happens (isn't that the way it always goes? :toothy9: ) It's lengthening days, right?
Yep. They are waiting on the ladies. One cold morning during deer season I had one gobbling his head off about 200 yards from me. reflex264
My neighbor was telling me that some guys he knows that work for the gas well companies up here said they have been gobbling hard and a lot on the nice days we've been having this winter. This is up in Northern WV. I would say down south there really hitting it hard. Lord i can't wait!!!
God Bless
They are strutting in the Fl. panhandle.
My buddy had 5 long beards strutting and gobbling at a fire whistle the other day here in Western MD.