Gooserbat Turkey Hunting Trivia Giveaway

[SteelerFan]

Old Gobbler members / readers generally spend more money than they ever planned to on gear, gadgets, or calls... every year.

[LRD]

The record adult male wild turkey, according to the National Wild Turkey Federation, weighed 37.1 lbs.

[jmart241]

Gobbler fan usually has 18 feathers

[Ozarks Hillbilly]

When you have your foot on a gobblers neck that's as old as he'll ever get.

[Magdump]

Beards grow about 4 to 5 inches per year throughout a gobbler's life.

[Tail Feathers]

Hen turkeys lay the first egg and usually skip day two before laying the next dozen or so eggs one a day until they finish.

[MK M GOBL]

The Beard: The most obvious difference between hens and gobblers is the beards that the males (gobblers) have. This is often the easiest method to identify gobblers but in some instances (~10%) hens have beards too! So use this as you first indicator but just keep in mind that it isn't fool proof.

MK M GOBL

[tomstopper]

Studies have shown that snood length is associated with male turkey health. In addition, a 1997 study in the Journal of Avian Biology found that female turkeys prefer males with long snoods and that snood length can also be used to predict the winner of a competition between two males.


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[GobbleNut]

Turkey hunters that shoot a basketball-size pattern at 40 yards miss more turkeys at 10 than anybody else.   

[TTG]

They got their name from the country (Turkey)

(Just learned this the other day, actually)

[daddyduke]

The turkey is thought to have been a sacred animal in ancient Mexican cultures, including the Mayans, Aztecs and Toltecs. These cultures called the turkey "Great Xolotl" and "jewelled birds."

[falltoms]

Eating wild turkey is much more healthier, than eating the commercially raised crap they sell in stores

[kjnengr]

The Aztecs domesticated another subspecies, M. gallapavo gallopavo, the south Mexican wild turkey, and the Spanish brought those turkeys to Europe. The pilgrims then brought several of these domestic turkeys back to North America.

[Illini Tom]

a turkey's brain is the size of a pea but they outsmart many hunters 

[NCL]

Turkeys are actually a type of pheasant