Videos of Turkeys From First Scouting Missions of 2014

Man! you talk about some turkeys.....I found em baby!

It's the oddest thing, you go the entire deer hunting season in the fall and hardly see a turkey, as soon as spring starts to approach they begin turning up everywhere. It's almost like they have been living in a hole in the ground.

Sunday morning I headed to Bull Creek Ranch to see what was going on out there. I wanted to get to the pasture roost in time to see what flew down at first lightbut I was running a little late and the birds were already on the ground. It was quite a sight to see.....24 some odd Osceolas all in one wad! Strutting birds with white-blue heads everywhere. At least 6 mature gobblers and a number of jakes that were also offering to strut.

Since I was late I had to hold up at a small out building to video from. I couldn't resist calling at birds to try to get them to gobble on camera. It took a little coaxing but I got them to sound off a handful of times. The hens did a lot of calling also. It was a sight to behold.



Monday morning I went to another tract that is about 1,200 ac with some row crop fields on two sides. I did not hear a bird gobble on the roost but they were there!

After some loud aggressive yelping and cutting I had some hens begin to answer me in a wood lot adjoining a farm field. I moved down a woods road that bisected the wood lot and spotted a bird in a road to the west from a 4 way. Birds started calling from in the field. I took to steps and spotted strutters about 50yds into the field. There were 5 jakes there and 4 were strutting. I thought they were mature for a minute as most appeared to have full tail fans. After putting on a show they moved west to hook up with some more jakes and there ended up being a total of 10.

There was also birds in the field to the east, They were a long ways out but I could make out beards on a few. After reviewing the footage I realized it was a group of 6 long beards and some miscellaneous other hens and jakes.

I was ready to head out and stepped back into the intersection and spotted another bird down the east road.....another super nice long beard! After filming him for a minute I turned to the west and spotted a bird about 150yds and other turkeys started filing across the road.
At least 6 hens and 2 jakes there! One hen even sported a 6-7" beard.

It was one incredible morning of scouting. Check out this video...........

Larry S.