Leg Banded Wild Turkeys

[Zobo]

I was wondering if anyone has shot, or seen in the wild, a turkey with a leg band? I recently watched a program that showed leg banding of Osceolas in S Florida.

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[roberthyman14]

Never. Florida is terrible about management of species.  All about making money.  Once all the Osceola turkeys are gone, they will move onto something else.  Never see them or hear of them relocating turkeys or quail.

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[Will]

I had spoken to a biologist in Maryland last year that was tracking a hen they collared near my deer stand and they had leg banded several turkeys for their project. I have never killed one, but I think that would be quite the trophy.
   

[Shiloh]

My son and I killed banded gobblers on consecutive days last year. 

[Greg Massey]

In all my years of turkey / deer hunting I've never seen either banded or collared.

[Twowithone]

Never seen 1. Dont know if our Pa GC bands turkeys. I know they trap and send turks to different states.

[Tail Feathers]

I got one several years back.  What a great hunt that was too!  It was banded a half mile or so from where I killed it.  This was an Eastern in Texas.

[PharmHunter]

They have banded some in the lowcountry of SC for research, and yes I've seen a couple killed in that general area that were banded on the particular site.  Never killed one myself.

[Dtrkyman]

Saw a banded one killed on a youtube hunt, think it was Missouri, have never seen one in person.

[Zobo]

I got one several years back.  What a great hunt that was too!  It was banded a half mile or so from where I killed it.  This was an Eastern in Texas.

Pretty cool 😎 momento 

[King Cobra]

I never killed one and do not personally know anyone who has.

[RossAnderson]

I've never seen or killed one that had a band. A buddy of mine found a carcass of a long beard in TN a few years ago that had a leg band on it.


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[deerhunt1988]

I managed to find 3 in two seasons in 2 different states. First one had been banded a few months before. Killed within a mile of trap site. Then killed another a few days later. He'd been banded 2 years, and was at least 4 years old at time of death. They both had GPS transmitters as well. The older bird was one of the first banded/GPS'd for the project. Unfortunately his GPS malfunctioned a few months after being put on him so they missed out on 2 years of movement. But I did kill him in a spot he frequented 2 years prior. He was trapped/banded about 1.5 miles away. Then the very next season I killed a 2 year old that was banded as a jake. Trapped about a mile away. Got his feet bronzed.

[mihunte]

I shot a bird with a band a couple springs ago. It was banded as an adult bird two years before, so it was at least four years old. This was part of a harvest and survival study.

Interestingly, he'd been banded on both legs and had a radio collar placed on his neck. When I shot him he only had one leg band left and the collar was gone too.

[Zobo]

I shot a bird with a band a couple springs ago. It was banded as an adult bird two years before, so it was at least four years old. This was part of a harvest and survival study.

Interestingly, he'd been banded on both legs and had a radio collar placed on his neck. When I shot him he only had one leg band left and the collar was gone too.

Very interesting!