Gotta Love These Metro Turkeys

[DonBo]

How can you see this and not get a little excited about the upcoming season?  They even all gobbled at me, geez, that was cool!

[Sinker]

 Hah! That's great! Looks like they own the place. Funny how they can be seen in places like that and yet you can hunt them for a week and not get one in range. 

[troutkingmaster]

That ever green against the building should work to brush in a blind pretty well! Hopefully their pattern holds til opener. Things like this are fun to see but to drive you nuts, some of the biggest deer I've seen in my life were in the metro area.

[ANYFISH2]

We seen a similar group while at the U of M medical center.  They seem to do fine right in town!

 

[Barbelboy]

Last spring I even saw 2 strutters by a bus stop about 3 blocks from the mn state fair grounds on snelling avenue across from the famous daves. I just about drove off the road. The best part was the wary looks of the people at the bus stop, not quite sure what to make of the 20 lb birds puffed up and standing near them.

[Cheetah]

There are a bunch spread around over by the U of MN St. Paul campus, their golf course, 280, energy park drive, etc.   Lots of railroad lines, good tree cover, bird feeders, and open space on the golf courses.   I have yet to see a nice mature gobbler though.  I only ever see hens, jakes or maybe a 2yo gobbler.  There seem to be enough predators to keep their population in check.  

[DonBo]

Here's another, right down the street from my house.

[DonBo]

This one tried to race me down the street, then decided it'd just be easier to attack my front tire.

[O.T.C.]

They've been fluffed up heavy all week. Seeing 4 toms and 50 others every morning now. I like when they basically block the road, most run off but those Toms just kinda turn and spin around slowly, hoping someone doesn't drill em like some years. Can you bow hunt turkeys in the metro in places ?

[DonBo]

Much of the metro is zone 510.  I hunt there, but sadly these residential streets and back yards are off limits.  

[monstermoose78]

On my way to work I saw big Tom on road and he had 4 beards. He was by the iron bridge on county road 3 on the north side of the refuge

[O.T.C.]

Right on Donbo and saw on the news talking about the turkeys etc. One was saying like the goose will some of these birds be destroyed was a big ? Been getting several complaints of course about their aggressive behavior etc. I hope it doesn't come to that.

It's an every day AM sighting now, 4 toms fluffed, 1 was missing his beard and tons of hens around more concerned about eating then what the statues are doing lol. Good luck to all hunting them, it's a great time to be out with a loaded gun or bow, hope it isn't a bad wood tick turkey season!

[mrklean]

Going across Hwy 29 to Green Bay the other day I couldn't believe the number of turkey I saw

[DonBo]

Just now, mrklean said:

Going across Hwy 29 to Green Bay the other day I couldn't believe the number of turkey I saw

Yep, as far as I'm concerned, Wisconsin is the mecca of turkey hunting.