Idaho opener pic

[Wally Dog]

On day 3 this 2 year old gobbled and stutted every 20 feet for 200 yards.........for only me to witness.
On day one....well safe to say the activity was somewhat limited!!!

[ 04-23-2004, 15:31: Message edited by: Wally Dog ]

 

[Canoe]

Great Pics wally. Thanks for sharing.

 

[DixieLady]

Nice pictures Wally Dog! Nice looking turkey up top there too

Thanks for sharing them.
DixieLady

 

[ELKCHSR]

Nice bird, nice pics...Thanks for putting them up...

 

[JoseCuervo]

Wally,

Do they completely shut down in the Snow? Is there any point on trying, on those days?

 

[Wally Dog]

EG,
I've seen them continue to march around and gobble/strut when it's raining and or snowing.
But when it's dumping like we had last Thursday I beleive they simply fly up in a tree to wait it out. There were a number of birds in our area and they didn't say a peep til late the next afternoon. It had been warm and dry for nearly a month....then a 40 degree drop in temp and snow........It stalled out the process temporarily.
Tomorrow a.m. my 11 year old daughter will hopefully have the opportunity to put the wood to a long beard. We set up a blind last night and had 3 very nice gobblers marching around within 100 yards of the blind location.
Pictures and stories to follow.
WD

 

[Ovis]

Nice pics Wally. I hope to have the chance to sneak out this spring too.

 

[Ithaca 37]

Congratulations and thanks for the great pictures!

 

[Elkhunter]

Those pictures are great. Thanks for posting them and congrats on a fine bird.

 

[Kraven]

Congrats on the bird Wally.
Good luck on the hunt with your daughter.

 

[BrianID]

nice pictures