East Texas Thunder Chicken Rut is On!!

[splitfinger]

Got these pics last night out of my camera right behind the house. I walked out to my pole barn and about 6 of them were only 30 yards behind the barn. Pulled my camera cards and these are about 250 yards behind the house.

[AntlerCollector]

Nice Gobbler there!

[ostey22]

Very cool!

[Kurdawg]

Nice

[SaltwaterSlick]

Great pics!! I've killed many, many turkeys over the years and had so many out west on our place, they were sometimes a pest, but I've never actually seen a turkey in East Texas!! Heard 'em once a long time ago, but never laid eyes on 'em...

Would love to see some on my place, but never heard of any around the north end of Liberty County...

[splitfinger]

I'm in NW Jasper County and the TPWD stocked them in this area several years ago. I've seen a few over the years but nothing like this. I have a flock of about 6-8 on my property and since they have found the corn and my pond, I don't think they will travel far. Here is one a pic just behind the barn and only 100 yds. from the house.

[abilliott]

I wish we had some of those running around my place. I haven't seen any yet up where I am at.

[Aggiebush]

Nice! Counting down the days.

[Balcones_Walker]

They're gobbling like crazy and strutting around in Edwards Co.

I always feel like the season starts about a week or ten days too late out here.

[quackadikt]

Man I miss hearing an Eastern's gobble...

[quarterback]

The gobblers were very vocal last weekend at our lease in San Saba County. We heard a bunch of them gobbling way before daylight. It was kind of funny actually. Shut a truck door....gobble. Cow moos.....gobble. Coyotes howl.....gobble. They will gobble at pretty much any noise right now. I wish the season would open earlier. The toms are just stupid around this time of year.

[Anvilheadtexas]

Awesome!!! Hope they continue to flourish. Been some mixed results.

[jaspermac]

Hey Doug, text me the coordinates!

[grahamvan]

Wish we still had them here in NE Texas around Harrison County


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[jay07ag]

Man that's awesome. I'm so jealous you've got birds. We're in Western Angelina Co, trying like hell to get our habitat right for TPWD to do a restocking. That's my dream is to have birds on our place before I'm dead and gone!