Post by acorn20 on Feb 19, 2023 14:00:26 GMT -5
My grandfather timbered most of the ridge in '61 and the fellow I had with me was absolutely astounded by the regeneration of our property. I've got some larger oak trees that need taken down so that the rest of the timber will be on the same maturity rate. Last Thursday, as we were cruising the timber between rain showers, we came across 8 longbeards and just down over the hill, we saw 18 to 24 hens. All the birds were walking on or just off the roads throughout the property. On the way back to the truck we saw 4 doe sneaking through the woods.
We left the property around 2:35 and headed home. You wouldn't believe the turkeys we saw in the fields. They were flipping everywhere. I've always heard that turkeys don't like being in the woods when it rains because they have difficulty hearing and move into the fields where they can see harm coming. I know that turkeys hate to get wet and avoid tall wet grass and probably rain dripping off trees. I've always had success hunting birds on edges of fields when the weather is drizzly. This was mostly in WMU 4A.
We left the property around 2:35 and headed home. You wouldn't believe the turkeys we saw in the fields. They were flipping everywhere. I've always heard that turkeys don't like being in the woods when it rains because they have difficulty hearing and move into the fields where they can see harm coming. I know that turkeys hate to get wet and avoid tall wet grass and probably rain dripping off trees. I've always had success hunting birds on edges of fields when the weather is drizzly. This was mostly in WMU 4A.
