Kansas Turkey Adventures
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A mile from the office….this silly turkey’s video is going on national blast
reallyoldman
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We live in Westminster CO as suburb of Denver. In a subdivsion. Last week I look out on our deck and there sets a hen turkey on the railing. A long way from turkey habitat. Ya just never know who or what is going to show up,,,,fox, coyotes, raccoons, doves, rabbits, squirrels, ravens but a turkey ? She stayed about 15 minutes.
Kansas turkey season closed yesterday, and for the first time in forever I will have to settle for (electronic) tag soup.
But there was a resounding moral victory on the way off the WIHA back to the SUV. I ever so gracefully wiggled under the fence and put my pack on, about to clear the ag field's edge when I caught movement in the freshly planted field. A bobcat was walking into the field, carrying a rabbit in its mouth. Freezing, I watched this cat walk out, put the bunny on the ground, and then get low and let the bunny make an escape attempt, only to be caught by the cat and returned to the field for several more staged escape attempts. Finally the bunny lay still and the bobcat ate every ounce. At 42 yards I could hear the munching.
Finished with his meal, the cat sat up and looked around. He stopped his head turning when he was looking directly at the copse of shrubs where I was standing. Never taking his eyes off of me, he started slowly walking towards me. Some of the tall grass in front of me was making the %#+=@7 autofocus on my camera focus on the foreground and not the advancing super kitty. I still was able to get a couple of nice images of a super predator.
He got to 8 yards and turned to his left. The fence crossing was at 14 yards. He finally caught my scent or movement and bounded off a few moments after the above photo was captured.
YouTube video uploads at midnight. I'll post the the link when it is made public.
But there was a resounding moral victory on the way off the WIHA back to the SUV. I ever so gracefully wiggled under the fence and put my pack on, about to clear the ag field's edge when I caught movement in the freshly planted field. A bobcat was walking into the field, carrying a rabbit in its mouth. Freezing, I watched this cat walk out, put the bunny on the ground, and then get low and let the bunny make an escape attempt, only to be caught by the cat and returned to the field for several more staged escape attempts. Finally the bunny lay still and the bobcat ate every ounce. At 42 yards I could hear the munching.
Finished with his meal, the cat sat up and looked around. He stopped his head turning when he was looking directly at the copse of shrubs where I was standing. Never taking his eyes off of me, he started slowly walking towards me. Some of the tall grass in front of me was making the %#+=@7 autofocus on my camera focus on the foreground and not the advancing super kitty. I still was able to get a couple of nice images of a super predator.
He got to 8 yards and turned to his left. The fence crossing was at 14 yards. He finally caught my scent or movement and bounded off a few moments after the above photo was captured.
YouTube video uploads at midnight. I'll post the the link when it is made public.
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Sheltowee
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Thought the Wildcats in your part of country were purple?
Great photos and great story!
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Great video! You had mentioned the auto-focus issue. Was this video on your phone camera or a just a camera?
Came out awesome!
There is a backstory to the video title. Our middle daughter got a bobcat hand puppet that she named Bipsy. It was one of her favorites. The company that made Bipsy is still in business, with the photo showing the current model of puppet.
Sheltowee
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Back in my homeland, where our Wildcats wear blue, there is a minor cottage of taxidermists stuffing bobcats dunking basketballs.
Deadspin | Let Taxidermy Bring Out The Wildcat In You
Deadspin | Let Taxidermy Bring Out The Wildcat In You
deadspin.com
The photos and videos are from a Nikon Coolpix B500. A pretty decent "point and shoot" (no changing lenses) with 40X optical zoom/4.0-160mm, 16 megapixels photo size, 1080 video. Internal microphone and flip up flash. Takes great macro photos if well lit, in darker scenarios (my dental patients in the back of the mouth) the macro suffers compared to older CMOS processors on other Nikon coolpix cameras I have used.
It does have bluetooth connectivity that would simplify posting to HuntTalk, if I ever get around to synching them up (old dog/new tricks comparison)
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