All toms, no hens

[Dr. Evil]

While I was sitting in my tree stand last Friday evening, I had a group of 39 turkeys come to my feeder. Every single one of them had a beard, ranging from 1.5” to 9-10” long. Not a hen in the bunch. Is this normal? I’ve never seen anything like it before.

[Smart]

While I was sitting in my tree stand last Friday evening, I had a group of 39 turkeys come to my feeder. Every single one of them had a beard, ranging from 1.5” to 9-10” long. Not a hen in the bunch. Is this normal? I’ve never seen anything like it before.

This time of year yes...they are bunched in bachelor/bachelorette groups. Good news is you should have a helluva spring

[TTUgrad08]

This time of year yes...they are bunched in bachelor/bachelorette groups. Good news is you should have a helluva spring

Agreed!

[panhandlehunter]

Shoot em all. Nothing worse than a dang corn buzzard. They’re worse than hogs.

[BBReezen]

Shoot em all. Nothing worse than a dang corn buzzard. They’re worse than hogs.

Two good things about turkeys better than hogs. They taste good and don’t tear **** up

[bowhunterhelm]

Yep, I'm seeing the same thing.

[Smart]

Two good things about turkeys better than hogs. They taste good and don’t tear **** up

I love hunting them both...especially turkeys in the spring...

[Big pig]

Next spring is gonna be noisy!
We occassionally have to chase them away from our hand corn .
I also set my feeders to go off again after they have gone to roost

[Axis FMJ]

This time of year yes...they are bunched in bachelor/bachelorette groups. Good news is you should have a helluva spring

Agreed 1000%

[panhandlehunter]

Two good things about turkeys better than hogs. They taste good and don’t tear **** up

A wild turkey is nasty to eat. I will never eat another one.

[climatecrisis]

While I was sitting in my tree stand last Friday evening, I had a group of 39 turkeys come to my feeder. Every single one of them had a beard, ranging from 1.5” to 9-10” long. Not a hen in the bunch. Is this normal? I’ve never seen anything like it before.

Dang that sounds terrible. Do you need me to come thin them down in the spring for you? Sounds like a tremendous burden....

[SabineHunter]

A wild turkey is nasty to eat. I will never eat another one.

We did a taste test. Fried both domestic and wild with breading and 4 to 0 said wild was better with only my wife knowing which was which.

[SabineHunter]

Dang that sounds terrible. Do you need me to come thin them down in the spring for you? Sounds like a tremendous burden....

You got just so many tags, I can help.

[PYBUCK]

Are you sure some of them were not bearded hens?

[panhandlehunter]

All toms, no hens

We did a taste test. Fried both domestic and wild with breading and 4 to 0 said wild was better with only my wife knowing which was which.

I ain’t saying that ain’t possible, but a wild turkey is a gamey, tough and nasty tasting bird. I’ve tried it every which way possible and it always tastes like a nasty piece of chewy turkey. Every time I hear someway say soaked, breaded, and fried, that lets me know it’s nasty. Throw some salt and pepper on it and cook it in a skillet. I bet it ain’t edible. Bull testicles taste decent sliced thin and fried.