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how far does a turkey usually travel in a day and do they stay around the same spot their whole lives or always on a move. do they usually roost in the same spots or got different spots?
 
Not real sure how big an area they range throughout the day.
MOST of the time they will roost in the same area though, within a few hundred yards or sometimes down to a specific tree.

With that being said I also believe that sometimes I don't think they got a clue where they are going or why. :D
 
In the spring when the big groups break up into smaller subgroups, the birds disperse from a large fall/winter core area.

These small subgroups will then wander around until adequate nesting habitat is found. Once the hens begin to lay, the group will stay fairly localized (usually within 1 sq mile or so).

In my experience, they have multiple (3 or 4) favorite roosting spots, with one or two being used much more frequently than the next two.

Towards the end of the season after the hens have begun to set, the gobblers will then bunch back up and begin to wander (range now expanded to 4 or 5 square miles or so).

In the fall, the gobblers and last years jakes usually remain together in large bachelor groups, while the hens will group up with this years jakes and jennies. These groups can be very, very large depending on poult recruitment from nesting season. They also wander a much larger core area (5 sq miles or so) than in the spring.

This information is based on 2 decades of observance in middle TN. It may or may not be applicable to other portions of the state or country.
 
megalomaniac said:
In the spring when the big groups break up into smaller subgroups, the birds disperse from a large fall/winter core area.

These small subgroups will then wander around until adequate nesting habitat is found. Once the hens begin to lay, the group will stay fairly localized (usually within 1 sq mile or so).

In my experience, they have multiple (3 or 4) favorite roosting spots, with one or two being used much more frequently than the next two.

Towards the end of the season after the hens have begun to set, the gobblers will then bunch back up and begin to wander (range now expanded to 4 or 5 square miles or so).

In the fall, the gobblers and last years jakes usually remain together in large bachelor groups, while the hens will group up with this years jakes and jennies. These groups can be very, very large depending on poult recruitment from nesting season. They also wander a much larger core area (5 sq miles or so) than in the spring.

This information is based on 2 decades of observance in middle TN. It may or may not be applicable to other portions of the state or country.
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According to the GPS, we followed 2 birds, for 4 miles straight and never did get a shot. Got up to 80 yards twice and never could close the deal.....
 
i havent got none on my property and i dont know why i have seen them on property beside me but i might seen a hen or two in the spring. i have deer but no turkeys i have a creek running thru it and 150 acre of woods i dont know what im missing but they must not like it there
 
Too many variables to have any set of rules or guidelines. Somedays they go nowhere, other days they go miles, depends on food, pressure, habitat, weather, etc etc.
 
Maybe they are just there when youa re not, that is usually how it goes for me anyways. I'm from just up the road in Leoma.
 

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