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Keeping turkeys on small track of land
Posted on 4/10/16 at 9:35 am
Posted on 4/10/16 at 9:35 am
My family has about 100 acres of land that holds a good amount of turkeys. There are probably about 2-3 birds killed off of it every year. This past weekend we made a trip and we were put on a wild turkey chase, ended up having to call it off because they were on someone else's property. What are some things i can do to try and keep them on my property year round. Do y'all feed them in the off season? We have a creek bed that runs through the property, they roost over that bed.
Relatively new to turkey hunting, just trying to learn.
Relatively new to turkey hunting, just trying to learn.
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Posted on 4/10/16 at 9:45 am to GeauxTime9
Feed them.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 9:54 am to bbvdd
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feed them.
Thats what i figured, i think after this season i will set up a feeder. Corn the best thing to feed?
Posted on 4/10/16 at 10:09 am to GeauxTime9
Go to a co op and buy some chicken scratch. It's like Crack for turkeys.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 10:31 am to Easternrio
Plant all the chufas you can afford to buy and have room to plant.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 11:10 am to Wavefan
I would set up a few turkey feeders raised off the ground
Posted on 4/10/16 at 12:08 pm to GeauxTime9
what area is the land you guys hunt ? Maybe you could get access to use the others land just for turkey hunting ?
Posted on 4/10/16 at 12:56 pm to GeauxTime9
Multiple chufa fields
2-3 birds killed per year off 100 acres is a lot of birds
2-3 birds killed per year off 100 acres is a lot of birds
Posted on 4/10/16 at 1:55 pm to GeauxTime9
Hunt less
Posted on 4/10/16 at 3:47 pm to GeauxTime9
Turkeys roam just like deer no way to keep them on 100 acres all the time.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 5:16 pm to tiger chaser
Yeah, I am going to put up a feeder at the end of the year. I really hunt the place once or twice a year. My grandpa allows some old frick to hunt and he wears them out. 
Posted on 4/10/16 at 10:33 pm to GeauxTime9
clear all underbrush in pines if you have pines. thin all hardwoods ...grow native grasses, broomsedge. ask your local county extension office what native grasses were in 1860.... start there. also you can plant sawtooth oaks which produce early as 3, or 5 years usually around 7. chufas, water source, old growth hard woods, thinned pines and critter control including fireants are biggies...
Posted on 4/10/16 at 10:55 pm to GeauxTime9
Chufa. Plant it and they will stay...
seriously, I had the same problem on a small tract.
find a spot that has some sandy type soil and plant in May. Be prepared to keep the hogs away.
seriously, I had the same problem on a small tract.
find a spot that has some sandy type soil and plant in May. Be prepared to keep the hogs away.
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