Turkey taking flight

[Sixes]

I caught this cool pic of turkey taking flight and thought I would share.

[guesswho]

Nice capture.   Is that a gobbler also?

[Jimspur]

That's definitely a gobbler. Cool pic!

[Sixes]

Honestly, I thought so, but the picture before was showing 8-10 definite hens, but now I wonder if it was just a mixed group on the soybeans.

Here is the before picture

[Sixes]

Changed it to turkey

[3bailey3]

my buddy sent me two pics of turkeys flying like that mid day and i asked what made them fly? Someone, yotes, they just don't fly mid day..

[Sixes]

Lots of yotes and bobcats on this place and hogs, so it could of been anything

[Jimspur]

Changed it to turkey

Hey Sixes,  I think the bird you caught flying in the first pic was a hen.
The bird on the left in the first pic is definitely a gobbler. I blew the photo
up and you can plainly see the beard.

[Sixes]

That was my original thinking. It has to be just a mixed group feeding. I'm just glad to see some birds coming back to this property. 6-8 years ago, it was common to see flocks that had 50+ birds in most AG fields. 3-4 years ago, it was rare to see a bird. Now, they seem to be coming back some as I have out 3 cell cameras and I have been getting birds on every camera almost daily

[Jimspur]

That was my original thinking. It has to be just a mixed group feeding. I'm just glad to see some birds coming back to this property. 6-8 years ago, it was common to see flocks that had 50+ birds in most AG fields. 3-4 years ago, it was rare to see a bird. Now, they seem to be coming back some as I have out 3 cell cameras and I have been getting birds on every camera almost daily

That's good news. Hopefully they can rebound to previous levels.

[JeffC]

Great picture, I haven't had a picture of turkeys in over a year, coyotes have been on camera more in that time, hope Turkeys come back.