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| Ozziefish
Crappie Username: Ozziefish Post Number: 343 Registered: 8-2004  Rating: N/A |
I'm looking for some help here from you folks that hunt Turkeys or just have some insight for me. I have the 30 acres in east Texas in Lindale and have been doing some minor scouting for turkeys but haven't seen any signs. What should I be looking for and what will attract them and keep them other then corn? Does east Tx have a good population of Turkey? OzzieFish "In GOD I trust" | ||
| Charles
Moderator Username: Charles Post Number: 748 Registered: 7-2004 Rating: N/A |
I was going to say corn and let it be known that it's for deer, that way you are guarenteed to attrack turkeys and feral pigs. Food plots should attrack them. | ||
| Picou
Lunker Username: Picou Post Number: 2101 Registered: 8-2004  Rating: N/A |
I am not sure what the population of turkeys are in the Lindale area. I know that Texas has been aggressively trying to get the population up all over the state. First, I would check the regs and see if they even have a season for them in that county. If not then you can bet there is a small population and there is probably little you can do to attract them. If there are turkey in the area, you will have very little luck keeping them on 30 acres. Turkeys like big trees with big branches to roost in. These types of trees are usually found in creek bottoms so that is where you will most often find concentrations of corn buzzards. They feed all day long and cover a lot of ground in the process. Turkey eat berries, seed, and bugs and scratch the ground looking for food all day. Their crap looks like dark cylinders with white at the end -- reminds me of the comment from that George Straight movie...  Their tracks have 4 long toes (three forward and 1 straight back). Look for their tracks in soft ground. Best bet, this spring get out there in the morning with a call and see if any answer back. It does not take a lot to get a gobbler to respond to a call from a distance. Stick up a feeder and just see what happens. You do not have to hunt them on the feeder but it will definately help out all the game animals around with more food available. What is the opposition to corn?  Thank you Lord for my family and the waters I get to fish | ||
| Bluecat
Bluegill Username: Bluecat Post Number: 109 Registered: 8-2004  Rating: N/A |
Hope your neighbors are better than ours here in San Jacinto County. The wife and I helped parks & wildlife turn loose 79 in 2000. These idiots went to shooting em right off. I had 3 big gobblers coming around the house last year. Not this year though. M&M Retires Afield | ||
| Ozziefish
Crappie Username: Ozziefish Post Number: 344 Registered: 8-2004 Rating: N/A |
I don't have a problem with corn I guess I was just hoping to plant some natural food for them and see what happens. I do have a creek bottom that is dried up right now and it has a lot of big pines and hard woods mixed. On the high ground is where I have 100 year old oaks. I put some corn out at Thanksgiving and there are a lot of deer tracks but no turkeys. I think I may get a feeder with solar panels? OzzieFish "In GOD I trust" |
