Referring to All Turkeys as “birds”

[guesswho]

Bet there are not many left that even know who we are talking about.

They don't know what they missed.

[Timmer]

This thread has turned into an interesting study of humanity and social interaction, likely fueled by boredom and impatience caused by the Covid19 lock-down.  I'm astonished we are 6 pages into the discussion, and I'm adding to it again.  They are toms, gobblers, strutters, etc but still #@%&* birds.  Are you really going to judge anyone for what they call them?  There are more important things in life...why am I still typing about this? 

[Happy]

I call them birds sometimes, And after 2 solid 6 hour days of hunting and hearing only 2 gobblers gobble exactly 1 time each I am giving them the bird. With all due respect of course.

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[Ol timer]

Shirley you can't be serious.

And stop calling me Shirley!!!

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ROGER

Hey aren't you Kareem Abdul Jabar? My dad says you suck!

Under Oveur Oveur Dunn!!

[guesswho]

I'm trying to take it to seven.

[Spitten and drummen]

I'm trying to take it to seven.

Well I will do my part and pitch in.

[davisd9]

I'm trying to take it to seven.

Well I will do my part and pitch in.

Maybe this is the one to push it over.

[tha bugman]

Birds toms gobblers woodpeckers....whatever terminology you are comfortable with

[guesswho]

I'm trying to take it to seven.

Well I will do my part and pitch in.

Maybe this is the one to push it over.

Almost There.   Sounds like some Golden Earring lyrics.

[Spitten and drummen]

I'm trying to take it to seven.

Well I will do my part and pitch in.

Come on. Hang in there. We can do it!
Maybe this is the one to push it over.

Almost There.   Sounds like some Golden Earring lyrics.

[davisd9]

I'm trying to take it to seven.

Well I will do my part and pitch in.

Fingers crossed!



Come on. Hang in there. We can do it!
Maybe this is the one to push it over.

Almost There.   Sounds like some Golden Earring lyrics.

[Old Gobbler]

I'm in Florida,  gobblers are called gobblers , if you ask or talk to friends " heard 4 birds hammering" is common terminology and has been for as long as I can remember and that's been to 1984 when I started Turkey hunting

Jake's are Jake's....hens are hens , I've never heard a Florida hunter refer to a hen as a "Jenny " or even a gobbler a "tom" I suspect it's a more New England terminology , but see nothing wrong with it

The first time I ever heard "thunder chicken " was when flextine used it as a tradmarked name for thier decoy line ...

[guesswho]

Now I can't get Radar Love out of my head.  No more speed I'm almost there!

[g8rvet]

Never really gave it much thought.

Born and raised in Florida (grandaddy had the first phone in Winter Haven at Tandy Mercantile) and the only time I use the term "Tom" is when writing about it and calling a specific turkey Tom as if that is his name- as a joke.  Like Jonathon for a seagull. 

I had one guy on a lease I was on ask me if I had seen any "blueheads".  I asked WTH he was talking about.  We were not talking about turkeys at the time and had never heard that term.

I would say I do use the term bird generically to ask if someone heard any birds while hunting - ie gobbler, jake or hen. 

So I would say I am firmly in the No Thunder Chicken and the No Bluehead camp. Other than that, I will probably never think about it again.

Oh yeah.  All soft drinks are "cokes" or "co-cola" (or cold drink if you must).  Where I live, if you ask someone to grab you a coke out of the cooler, they will ask what kind.  You may say Pepsi and no one would think a thing about it.  Never a soda or a pop - (just trying to do my part to get it past 7 pages).   

[guesswho]

You did it!   Good job.   Winter Haven, small world.  I grew up around Lakeland.   And my favorite coke is Pepsi.