Intrigued

[Bowguy]

A buddy of mine is a cop. Last night while working he watched two longbeards from roughly midnight on strut n gobble at each other on the ground through a fence. I've been at this over 30 years and live in the woods watching turks nearly every day n have never seen this behavior. Anyone else seen such a thing or have ideas. He said they kept at it all night

[dirt road ninja]

Ghosts maybe.

[Tail Feathers]

Was it a barnyard fence?  Never heard of such.  It goes counter to their survival instinct. 

[Bigspurs68]

Oh crap!! They are going nocturnal on us. They really are smart.

[drenalinld]

Does he live in Colorado?

[Gobble!]

No but I did see a lone hen walking through a field one night spot lighting.

[strut2]

Say what??? Wow

[tomstopper]

Oh crap!! They are going nocturnal on us. They really are smart.

Great I will never kill another one...

[Gamblinman]

I've seen them move from roost tree to roost tree at night and be several hundred yards from where they were the evening before, but never on the ground strutting at night.

Gman

[Bowguy]

I wasn't there but my bud is a longtime friend and turkey Hunter. He said it was a fence, I'm thinking because of where he works which is suburbs it's chain link. He said he watched em all night and another cop mentioned it too. I have zero answer to what he saw n guess no one else does either

[Bowguy]

Does he live in Colorado?

ah shoot I just got that. No he doesn't live in Colorado but I bet people see strange stuff there too

[northms]

Strutting and gobbling at night on the ground is a good way to get eaten by a coyote around here.

Never heard of that at all.

[alloutdoors]

In urban/suburban areas where the ambient light levels are high enough I've seen all sorts of bird activity pretty much around the clock. No reason turkeys should be any different so I'd assume that's what was going on.

[Spring Creek Calls]

Oh crap!! They are going nocturnal on us. They really are smart.

Yup, and developing a sense of smell.

[dirt road ninja]

In urban/suburban areas where the ambient light levels are high enough I've seen all sorts of bird activity pretty much around the clock. No reason turkeys should be any different so I'd assume that's what was going on.

Didn't consider that, but your right.