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I just observed the most unique turkey behavior

Harold Money jr

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When I went in the woods the other evening to deer hunt, I spooked a group of gobblers some ran and flew to the right, some ran and flew to the left. About 10 minutes later a gobbler to the right started yelping his head off. He moved up and down the wood lot on the right and started adding and cuts and gobbles and after about an hour, I looked to the left and here comes another long beard three-quarter strutting and full strutting, walking all the way up to get the panicked gobbler. I didn't see this, but I could hear, purring and fighting. I could hear the wings hitting each other, and then I saw both birds with the frantic gobbler being pushed back down the hill while the gobbler in the back was strutting the whole way.
 

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The strutting might be a bit unusual, but scattered turkeys always call to each other to regroup. An old-school turkey hunting tactic was to use a dog to scatter turkeys, then sit still and call them back in.
 

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