RED(TAIL) ALERT

nastygunz · September 03, 2009, 09:16:11 PM

SEE THOSE HEADS UP?...SOMETHINGS GOING ON.....

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THEM BIRDS IS HEADING FOR COVER AFTER A BIG REDTAIL HAWK MADE A HIGH SPEED LOW ALTITUDE DIVE ON THEM..AS THEY TRIED TO CROSS A SMALL FIELD....IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS AFTER THE SMALLER POULTS BUT THEY GOT IN THE THICK STUFF REAL QUICK.

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pitw · September 03, 2009, 09:21:14 PM

Cool Nasty. I was asking about this with someone the other day and you have answered another of my endless questions on turkeys.

nastygunz · September 03, 2009, 09:36:49 PM

If the question is do redtails eat turkey...I would say probably not an adult thats a handful but I have seen them go after young ones and my brother and I flushed up a redtail from the ground that was feeding on a poult...we assumed he killed it..but didnt see the actual killing....from the reaction of these turkeys they def recognize the redtail as a threat.

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nastygunz · September 03, 2009, 09:50:32 PM

Big Mama and 3 poults...all from the same flock.

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FinsnFur · September 03, 2009, 10:02:08 PM

Quote from: nastygunz on September 03, 2009, 09:16:11 PM
SEE THOSE HEADS UP?...SOMETHINGS GOING ON.....

Yeah, some guy with a camera and no muffler on his Subaru just stopped :roflmao:

nastygunz · September 04, 2009, 05:24:51 AM

Quote from: FinsnFur on September 03, 2009, 10:02:08 PM
Quote from: nastygunz on September 03, 2009, 09:16:11 PM
SEE THOSE HEADS UP?...SOMETHINGS GOING ON.....

Yeah, some guy with a camera and no muffler on his Subaru just stopped :roflmao:

I am one with the turkeys...they are my brothers...hold it...wouldnt that make me a..........

FinsnFur · September 04, 2009, 05:51:31 AM

it would

nastygunz · September 04, 2009, 01:38:38 PM

WELL, I hope turkeys eat chinese food cuz I just put a shot of it away for lunch

...is there any better feeling then nice weather and a 3 day weekend looking you right in the eye?...headin north to the motherland...fishing...shootin..bbq'in....beer, cigars....ITS BEAUTIFUL, MAN!

pitw · September 04, 2009, 01:49:20 PM

Quote from: nastygunz on September 03, 2009, 09:36:49 PM
If the question is do redtails eat turkey...I would say probably not an adult thats a handful but I have seen them go after young ones and my brother and I flushed up a redtail from the ground that was feeding on a poult...we assumed he killed it..but didnt see the actual killing....from the reaction of these turkeys they def recognize the redtail as a threat.

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That was pretty close to the question I asked and thanks for the answer. These tame birds head for cover at an airplane shadow too.

nastygunz · September 04, 2009, 02:30:37 PM

Id be curious if Great Horned Owls ever get any turkeys cuz man they are some big birds and their feet are like meathooks with those clawsI was on a deer stand one day n saw a huge grey barred owl in one tree and an even bigger great horned owl acros the logging road staring right at each other...I thought I was gunna see the mother of all bird fights, then all of a sudden the horned owl launched and flew off.

pitw · September 04, 2009, 05:24:53 PM

I would think the owl will eat some yes. I can have as many as 4 hooters sitting in my yard at dark though and have never lost a tame turkey to them[that I know of]. While I've got you on the line do wild hens strut?

alscalls · September 04, 2009, 06:52:12 PM

I have seen em strutt twice in my life and I am pretty sure she was the same hen both times....she had about a 4" beard and I never did get that bird.....

Being bearded I think she was........ lets say a little confused......

nastygunz · September 04, 2009, 08:32:11 PM

Funny you should ask...this is the same group of turkeys....thats a hen..and she sure looks like shes strutting

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alscalls · September 04, 2009, 09:57:30 PM

Yea I have seen em do that right before knocking the crap out of one another about this time of year......Getting the pecking order straight.....I never really looked at it as a full strut though....I suppose it counts though I never really thought about it.

nastygunz · September 16, 2009, 08:05:12 PM

Speaking of hawks, took this today, look at de hooks on dem feet:

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nastygunz · September 16, 2009, 08:15:19 PM

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