Was at the ranch this past weekend. I woke up saturday morning to some soft purs and clucks coming from outside my window at the camphouse. So i peeked through the blinds and had a big ol tom and 5 hens right in the backyard. One of the hens was a bearded hen which i thought was cool. Well they messed around for about 20 minutes and then i was blown away at what i got to witness. So the tom actually did the dead with the bearded hen about 20 yards outside the window. Was definitely a experience to say the least as it was about 12 minutes of him stepping on her back i guess checking to make sure she was ready then about 5 seconds of the deed. Once i realized what was happening i pulled out my phone and started recording and got the last 2 minutes of the event on video. ( not sure about posting it as to whether or not it would be acceptable but if i can i would like to as it was really interesting to witness).
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Anyone ever witnessed turkeys mating in the wild?
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Thats awesome. I have spent alot of time in the woods and this was a first for me as this place i have been on now for 4 years is the first place i have had that actually has a boat load of turkeys so i have spent the past year studying them and thought i had them pretty well figured out then i got to see this in person and thought that was awesome. Funny thing was while they were busy a tom came over from the tree line and scooped up to of the hens the original tom had with him in his group and he escorted them away so i guess he was a very opportunistic bird to swoop in and steal his ladies while he was busy.
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Originally posted by Ricochet83 View Postthat makes since it just didnt seem to soft and romantic to me actually looked like it wouldnt have felt to good but i guess turkeys are in to the rough stuff.
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