| Author | Message | ||
| Freddy McGuire (Vaturkey)
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Saw quite a few flocks of hens and poults over the last week. Ranging is size from really small (a week or so old) to as big as a chicken (already flying and roosting in bushes/low branches). Looks like a good hatch in our area so far. I haven't gotten around to talk to most of the farmers in the area but the ones I have spoken with are seeing them frequently. Should be a good fall and Spring of '04  | ||
| TScottW99
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I finally saw some poults yesterday. about 3 weeks old i would guess. saw them going up brushy mountain in bland county.... Scott | ||
| Big Bird |
Saw two hens with a total of twelve poults. They were about ten inches tall. The hens led them to a berry patch and the poults were loving it. Funny to watch them jumping up to grab the berries. | ||
| HODY |
OK GN I have a special category for you to award. I saw two different flocks of poults today. The one however included a totally white (albino) and I think there was a possible smoke colored one also. I have pics to prove it. I will post when I get off vacation. It was pretty exciting. The wife thought I was crazy as I hurridly pulled off the road to get a picture. | ||
| Anonymous |
Hody where did you see the white poult?I have been hunting a long time and haven't ever saw one,it is suppose to be a white gobbler around here(Henry County Area)but I haven't seen it.It's lots of poults popping up everywhere.I believe the hot/dry weather must have been good for the hatch. | ||
| GN |
Well Hody, you will get the big one for hte white poult...I am waiting for the graphics department to come back with some suitable designs for the Legion of Merit awards etc.....we still have a lot of states awards unclaimed(like 48 ). | ||
| GN |
Well Hody, you will get the big one for hte white poult...I am waiting for the graphics department to come back with some suitable designs for the Legion of Merit awards etc.....we still have a lot of states awards unclaimed(like 48 ). | ||
| GN |
Hey.....I win the Kentucky award as on saturday I saw nine poults and a hen in a pouring rain ...poults the size of a banty hen. | ||
| sixshot |
Haven't seen any or heard of many in SWVa. I hope that hard freeze didn't get them all. | ||
| HODY |
Just got back from Vacation, and have to leave again to go to a conference. I will get the pic of the white poult up soon, or Freddy may get it up for me. It was in Bedford county. Hey Max I caugt some nice Walleye while away on vacation. Also when I get back I will post the pics of the cookout and formaly thank the sponsors. | ||
| HODY |
OK Here is the pic I promised. Not great, but you can tell what it is. This is my first actual sighting of a white poult. Not sure if the other is a smoke or not, but it sure was different from the others.  | ||
| knight_va
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Looks like a couple of rocks to me..hehehe.. Freddy what u think rocks??... GN...?? winks at hody....HEHEHE! | ||
| GN |
Well, I have posted some lousy pictures on here before so I cannot throw rocks, so to speak. I have no idea what Hody has captured here , despite his honorable intentions. So we will have to take his word on it. BTW, driving to Ky this am in the early am fog I went by two mature toms picking in the grass on the interstate 20 feet from 70 mph + traffic...go figure..and they can hear a twig break in the spring? These two should be deaf from road noise or at least impaired enough to file some kind of disabliity claim agst TWRA. | ||
| shopson |
I guess that is the new rainbow strain of turkeys, with all the different colors. Congratulations Tim. You were lucky to see that flock. And imagine that. You even had a camera! | ||
| sixshot |
Hey Hody, Are you sure that white thing isn't the end of a gigantic J-hook dropping? Grow 'em big down there, huh? HaHa! p.s. What kind of gun ya'll use for those gobblers? | ||
| VA Hen |
Saw 2 hens and 15 poults on the way to work this morning. They were in an alfalfa field on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I guess they really know where to stay and play it safe. Amy |