tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post2380567731941620427..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Wild Kingdom.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79548956000228196712010-11-06T10:03:59.871-04:002010-11-06T10:03:59.871-04:00I had a professor come in to class with a big '...I had a professor come in to class with a big 'ol grin on his face one Monday (usually a really bad sign). He'd bagged TWO turkeys that weekend, on the same day. "Flat State" has a rifle season for turkeys, and he'd bagged both birds in one go. They were lined up one behind the other. He said he still couldn't really believe it himself, but he had pictures. <br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59948824972897935092010-11-05T23:36:42.462-04:002010-11-05T23:36:42.462-04:00Used to have Blue grouse sit under my mail box in ...Used to have Blue grouse sit under my mail box in Colorado when I drove up. Like deer, elk, turkeys they mostly dissapear during season. They also ar a lot more approachable in a car than when walking. Seems they don't associate cars with the predators driving them.<br />As an aside I've noticed a lot of large birds now that I never say when growing up here in Wisconsin. Bald Eagles, Egrets, Turkeys, Sandhill Cranes, various bird hawks (damn things) geese by the thousands instead of tens and a bunch of unusual song birds. Guess we're doing something right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59029797972809345502010-11-05T20:54:57.749-04:002010-11-05T20:54:57.749-04:00"Him I could have harvested by opening the dr..."Him I could have harvested by opening the driver's side door briskly."<br /><br />I doubt you could smack him hard enough with a door to hurt him... I have rolled more than one with a load of #6's, only to have them right themselves and flee the scene... Eldest killed her first one this year, but it took 2 blasts from her 20 guage, the second (fatal) delivered at 10 feet.jimbob86noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67358157407940140672010-11-05T17:53:25.577-04:002010-11-05T17:53:25.577-04:00Ed Foster, you were blessed with the coolest mom e...Ed Foster, you were blessed with the coolest mom evar!rolandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50302284808460164692010-11-05T16:21:10.819-04:002010-11-05T16:21:10.819-04:00There is a place near here where the state has cut...There is a place near here where the state has cut the road thru a hill. One time I was driving there and a few turkeys where gathered on the higher side of the hill. As I passed they took off and glided across the road. That made for a memorable experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22691469650651585242010-11-05T15:10:07.546-04:002010-11-05T15:10:07.546-04:00My mother used to "harvest" stocked ring...My mother used to "harvest" stocked ringnecks with the car. She'd be driving down Pea Hill and see them crossing a hundred yards away, grab neutral, then honk when one was in the middle of the road.<br /><br />When it froze, she's tag it with the front bumper. Sometimes two or three in a week.Ed Fosternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-10088708902468814412010-11-05T14:24:44.337-04:002010-11-05T14:24:44.337-04:00Not limited to the gobbling game birds. I've g...Not limited to the gobbling game birds. I've gotten within feet of a herd of elk many times - during deer season. Not so much on opening day of elk season. The four hoofed rats have the same personality traits.GuardDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08622236339096746029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2562452203388279362010-11-05T14:06:54.556-04:002010-11-05T14:06:54.556-04:00Shame you can't get coverage for dents caused ...Shame you can't get coverage for dents caused by turkeys running into your door... (Yeah, thats how it was, honest.)<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33173726731333124102010-11-05T13:20:09.531-04:002010-11-05T13:20:09.531-04:00It's been a while since I studied my avian plu...It's been a while since I studied my avian plurals, but IIRC it's an exaltation of larks, a murder of crows and a democratic congress of turkeys.Carl Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844035161507270432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74553522398953431952010-11-05T12:37:12.848-04:002010-11-05T12:37:12.848-04:00Pheasant in Iowa where I grew up did the same thin...Pheasant in Iowa where I grew up did the same thing. Walk around like they owned the place, no fear, for most of the year.<br /><br />Cloaking devices on at sunrise on first day of the season to sunset of the last dayrandynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47134007492334425952010-11-05T12:05:16.231-04:002010-11-05T12:05:16.231-04:00Tam, though "flock of turkeys" is entire...Tam, though "flock of turkeys" is entirely acceptable, the collective noun (geez I detest that word collective) for turkeys is rafter of turkeys.John Venlethttp://www.improvedclinch.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73293341133165758102010-11-05T10:33:54.655-04:002010-11-05T10:33:54.655-04:00Get lots 'round my parts. Most just stand by t...Get lots 'round my parts. Most just stand by the side of the highway, giving everyone that, "The fuck YOU lookin' at?!" kind of eyeball as we whiz on by.<br /><br />Damnest thing to see them get right up on you, only to, as others have stated, completely vanish during season.theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-24266757009812816972010-11-05T09:33:08.616-04:002010-11-05T09:33:08.616-04:00We've got wild turkeys, coyotes/grey wolf hybr...We've got wild turkeys, coyotes/grey wolf hybrids and apparently, fishers here in eastern Mass these days. I always thought of fishers as north-woods Minnesota animals.nzchttp://woody-east.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26581052550237810842010-11-05T08:50:36.002-04:002010-11-05T08:50:36.002-04:00It would seem the turkeys are smart enough to taun...It would seem the turkeys are smart enough to taunt us mercilessly during the off-season only to turn invisible 1/2 hour before sunrise on opening day. Little buggers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00774700832100642328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20035952379273776572010-11-05T08:32:11.060-04:002010-11-05T08:32:11.060-04:00Turkeys are pretty sharp creatures- in season. Man...Turkeys are pretty sharp creatures- in season. Many's the time I've wandered into the middle of a flock deer hunting, but I've never yet seen one in turkey seasonoghttp://www.neanderpundit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18336579710180115542010-11-05T08:28:42.368-04:002010-11-05T08:28:42.368-04:00So, when is turkey season in New Hampshire? (I wis...So, when is turkey season in New Hampshire? (I wish my Mom had taught me her recipe for giblet gravy.)Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1462543544139678762010-11-05T08:22:08.396-04:002010-11-05T08:22:08.396-04:00Mikee,
I don't know that that's necessari...Mikee,<br /><br />I don't know that that's necessarily so.<br /><br />At my old place, you'd see turkeys all the time in the woods. They'd stand in the middle of the road and glare at you.<br /><br />Except during turkey season. Then they were invisible.<br /><br />You can call that stupid if you want.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29292176646201727192010-11-05T08:20:09.515-04:002010-11-05T08:20:09.515-04:00Yeah, if I had been a less ethical person, these b...Yeah, if I had been a less ethical person, these birds were within 1911 range. Heck, there was one that, impatient with his place in line, broke right and trotted up the shoulder of the road. Him I could have harvested by opening the driver's side door briskly.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73350904878350759602010-11-05T08:18:58.293-04:002010-11-05T08:18:58.293-04:00"Wild" turkeys have beautiful plumage. B..."Wild" turkeys have beautiful plumage. But with just a trace of domestic turkey in them (like the ones frequently bred and released by state Game Departments) these birds are behave a lot more like the domestic white farm turkeys than their wild cousins. Stupidly, that is.mikeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-8652222003665900672010-11-05T08:13:12.726-04:002010-11-05T08:13:12.726-04:00While hunting in Nebraska, Vine and I came across ...While hunting in Nebraska, Vine and I came across a flock that he half-heartedly suggested I harvest a few out of, with my airweight J-frame .38. Given that we were about 17 feet from the nearest one, it really wouldn't have been that hard, at least for the first one. But of course we hunt by the rules, and I hadn't picked up an out of state turkey stamp, and to do so <i>after</i>ward seems to be in the wrong order of things, so we moved on, unfeathered. Apparently also, the state of Nebraska thinks that it's unsporting to use a solid projectile gun rather than a shotgun, to hunt turkeybirds with. Hm. A full-choked shotgun full of 3.5" #4s, is more sporting than a 15 oz five-shot 2" with boot grips?Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-5806550132551841462010-11-05T08:06:17.622-04:002010-11-05T08:06:17.622-04:00And you with no shotgun? Tsk. So, turducken agai...And you with no shotgun? Tsk. So, turducken again this year?Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.com