Summer Time Turkeys

[Second Hand Pat]

I have lots of turkeys hanging about the house. There is a group of four adults and another group of two hens with three of this year chicks. This is the group of four. Two with beards. I could not get very close.

In the shade
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[Second Hand Pat]

In the sun
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[Second Hand Pat]

Over the fence
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[Discus-n00b]

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This gobbler has one heck of a beard. Very nice Pat.

[MKD]

nice pics Pat. why don't you keep 1 or 2 for coming Thanksgiving :)
Thanks for sharing

[Second Hand Pat]

This gobbler has one heck of a beard. Very nice Pat.

Thanks Matt, you can tell I was stretching that lens as far as it could go.

[Second Hand Pat]

nice pics Pat. why don't you keep 1 or 2 for coming Thanksgiving :)
Thanks for sharing

Tony, had a Florida turkey once. Not very good.

[blueluv]

Wow! How incredible that you can experience nature right in your own backyard. I LOVE IT! Thank you for sharing Pat

[Second Hand Pat]

Chris, I should you about the deer in velvet I saw a couple of mornings ago.

[blueluv]

A deer in velvet? I'm curious? Never heard of a dear in velvet?

[Discus-n00b]

I'm coming to live where you live pat, sounds great.....tons of nature! How I like it.

[Second Hand Pat]

In the summer time when bucks are growing out their antlers. The antlers look fuzzy and are considered in velvet.

[Second Hand Pat]

I'm coming to live where you live pat, sounds great.....tons of nature! How I like it.

Matt, we have hawks, owls, eagles and fox.

[Carolina discus]

Re: Summer Time Turkeys

Originally Posted by Discus-n00b
I'm coming to live where you live pat, sounds great.....tons of nature! How I like it.
Matt, we have hawks, owls, eagles and fox. .




and some AWESOME wild discus too :)

[Second Hand Pat]

Thanks Eric :D

[Tazalanche]

Very cool Pat. We have a lot of turkey and deer on our property too. We also occasionally see a red tailed hawk, owl, fox, coyote, raccoon, groundhog or bobcat. Various snakes, birds & squirrels too. ;D

I haven't seen our jake flock in the last few weeks, but the hen flock that roams our property has a bunch of chicks right now. On my way home from work last Wednesday, I almost hit them as they were crossing the road when I came over the hill. Here are a couple cropped shots I took with my phone while I was sitting in the car.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/tazfreeatlast/Critters/TurkeyChicks01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/tazfreeatlast/Critters/TurkeyChicks02.jpg

The next day I was sitting on the patio & snapped these shots, with my phone, of a deer & fawn trying to decide if it was safe to avoid the tractors rolling hay and go down to the lake for a drink.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/tazfreeatlast/Critters/Fawn01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/tazfreeatlast/Critters/Fawn02.jpg

I really need to get a nice telephoto lens for our canon dslr & start keeping it with me.

[Tazalanche]

Oh! Rabbits too... can't forget the rabbits scattering from our yard when our headlights catch them at night. :D

[Trubble]

Great shots, both of you.

[Second Hand Pat]

That is cool David. We get the fawns too. The three turkeys chicks are already half the size as the adults. Hardly see rabbits.

[CrazyAngels]

Tony, had a Florida turkey once. Not very good.

Pat, you need to catch alive and then feed it nice clean food for a month or so to purge the wild taste out. The same is done with wild boar to clean them up. Some of my Cape workers get them, feed them corn and when ready they taste better than any store bought animal...

[Second Hand Pat]

Pat, you need to catch alive and then feed it nice clean food for a month or so to purge the wild taste out. The same is done with wild boar to clean them up. Some of my Cape workers get them, feed them corn and when ready they taste better than any store bought animal...

Jorge, so wild turkeys are like wild pigs. Catch them and feed them up prior to eating. Now with pigs, especially boars, they must be cut...but nothing better. I sure remember the pig roast in the hunt camp as a kid...good stuff.

[Allwin]

Very nice David!!!


Very cool Pat. We have a lot of turkey and deer on our property too. We also occasionally see a red tailed hawk, owl, fox, coyote, raccoon, groundhog or bobcat. Various snakes, birds & squirrels too. ;D

I haven't seen our jake flock in the last few weeks, but the hen flock that roams our property has a bunch of chicks right now. On my way home from work last Wednesday, I almost hit them as they were crossing the road when I came over the hill. Here are a couple cropped shots I took with my phone while I was sitting in the car.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/tazfreeatlast/Critters/TurkeyChicks01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/tazfreeatlast/Critters/TurkeyChicks02.jpg

The next day I was sitting on the patio & snapped these shots, with my phone, of a deer & fawn trying to decide if it was safe to avoid the tractors rolling hay and go down to the lake for a drink.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/tazfreeatlast/Critters/Fawn01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/tazfreeatlast/Critters/Fawn02.jpg

I really need to get a nice telephoto lens for our canon dslr & start keeping it with me.

[Tazalanche]

Very nice David!!!Thank you. We love it here.

[Trubble]

Thank you. We love it here.
Even if Fed-Ex won't guarantee my next day fish deliveries by 10am. lol.

[Second Hand Pat]

Even if Fed-Ex won't guarantee my next day fish deliveries by 10am. lol.

You must live on a rural route. I do too.

[zimmjeff]

everyone does. I don't get mine until 2pm. Jeff

[Trubble]

You must live on a rural route. I do too.

Yes, we live on a rural route. They guarantee here by 4:30pm, but i wouldn't change it for the world. I can still send my daughter outside and tell her to be home by dark. We can tack up the horses and go for a ride on backroads, or down the creek. and not meet a car or person for hours. Our closest neighbor is 1/4 mile up the road. There's nothing like it.