Wild Turkeys Terrorizing Neighborhood

[Heather07438]

I like the local turkeys. They're so funny with the high pitched 'gobble, gobble, gobble'.

 

[Searc]

I like the local turkeys. They're so funny with the high pitched 'gobble, gobble, gobble'.

Only the toms gobble.

 

[lovesmurfs]

The story from Martha's Vineyard a number of years back. This is great from "This American Life."

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/452/poultry-slam-2011/act-two-0

 

[Heather07438]

Only the toms gobble.

Oh really, good to know. I usually see groups of turkeys passing through my yard. Last year i filmed on my phone a lone turkey walking through the trees and he was doing the 'gobble, gobble, gobble'. Guess he was a Tom.

 

[Heather07438]

The story from Martha's Vineyard a number of years back. This is great from "This American Life."

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/452/poultry-slam-2011/act-two-0

The audio of the reporter, "Go Away!" Too funny.

 

[Moliphino]

I like the local turkeys. They're so funny with the high pitched 'gobble, gobble, gobble'.

Not so fun when they're doing it outside your bedroom window at the crack of dawn.

 

[bcla]

Not so fun when they're doing it outside your bedroom window at the crack of dawn.

I've woken up to the sound of turkeys. Frankly it's not that bad although they're not right in front of my house.

What was really annoying was camping and waking up to the loud sound of birds chirping.

 

[Moliphino]

I've woken up to the sound of turkeys. Frankly it's not that bad although they're not right in front of my house.

What was really annoying was camping and waking up to the loud sound of birds chirping.

Yelling ravens are worse than the turkeys. And the one lone coyote who yipped loudly ALL NIGHT LONG ALL SUMMER.

 

[Heather07438]

When we first moved out of the city, the frogs were so loud at night. We got used to it.

Now I'm happy whenever I hear them because frogs are a good indicator of where ecosystems are thriving. They're often the first to go.

 

[lovesmurfs]

What was really annoying was camping and waking up to the loud sound of birds chirping.

 

[RedAngie]

Adding to my knowledge of Tom's River: parts of it frequently floods, and large birds own the land and sea....

The oceanfront areas of Toms River (no apostrophe) were among the hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy.

 

[bcla]

Yelling ravens are worse than the turkeys. And the one lone coyote who yipped loudly ALL NIGHT LONG ALL SUMMER.

No ravens, but crows can be pretty loud too. What I remember camping in the Sierra Nevada were dozens of birds just making calls over each other. And then later in the day generators going off during the legal generator hours.

 

[RedAngie]

Not turkeys, but the backyard of my parents' vacation home was once invaded by about 100 ducks.

 

[bcla]

Not turkeys, but the backyard of my parents' vacation home was once invaded by about 100 ducks.

View attachment 452386View attachment 452387

At least they weren't Canada geese. They are nasty.

 

[cobright]

A NJ poster here a couple years ago said that the terror turkeys aren't very edible or tasty.

Supposedly they don’t taste like the ones we’re used to getting at the supermarket! They have a gamey taste (so I’m told!).

Hunting wild turkey is big sport here in Michigan. They are surprisingly tricky to get considering their domestic relation's reputation. I don't actually do much hunting anymore, never really cared for it, and I've never killed a turkey; but I've eaten a few wild turkeys and they are quite tasty.

There's no gaminess to them at all and the whole bird, even parts usually called white meat, tastes mostly like a farm turkey's dark meat. It's usually less tough and less dry than farm turkey. What they taste like depends on what they eat and occasionally you get a turkey that has transitioned to eating carrion. I imagine that tastes about as good as I imagine.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Hunting wild turkey is big sport here in Michigan. They are surprisingly tricky to get considering their domestic relation's reputation. I don't actually do much hunting anymore, never really cared for it, and I've never killed a turkey; but I've eaten a few wild turkeys and they are quite tasty.

There's no gaminess to them at all and the whole bird, even parts usually called white meat, tastes mostly like a farm turkey's dark meat. It's usually less tough and less dry than farm turkey. What they taste like depends on what they eat and occasionally you get a turkey that has transitioned to eating carrion. I imagine that tastes about as good as I imagine.

Good to know! Thanks

 

[Imzadi]

These turkeys are jumping over the guard rail, but there's no ground on the other side. It's a cliff. It was just so surreal. I'm sure the turkeys are fine but it did look bizarre with their lunking bodies jumping over guard rails into oblivion.

They probably heard what was going to happen to their domestic cousins in a couple weeks. How they'd all be roasted or deep fried, their carcasses celebrated over as they are cut up in pieces, passed around, and feasted on, and they decided to just end it all in a mass exodus before humans went after them too.

 

[RedAngie]

At least they weren't Canada geese. They are nasty.

Like this gaggle?

 

[bcla]

Like this gaggle?

View attachment 452414

They're worse from the air when they carpet bomb with their droppings. They eat about half their weight per day, and that has to go somewhere. I've also read enough that they don't make for particularly good eating.

 

[Heather07438]

Like this gaggle?

View attachment 452414

Reminds me of where I grew up and we've called the Main Park 'Goosesh!t Park' for generations.