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Bailey Guns
07-17-2016, 19:23
Every night several wild turkeys roost in a large ponderosa pine on our property. I got a photo last night of them in the tree outlined below. How many can you spot in the enlarged second photo? I'll post the enhanced photo to reveal the truth after a bit of guessing.

Overview of the tree:
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt337/baileyguns/Turkey%20Tree%20Overview_zpsaiarmjt8.jpg


Turkeys in silhouette (I walked down to the tree and verified the count, FYI):
http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt337/baileyguns/Tree%20Sil_zpswxggm5fv.jpg
SideShow Bob
07-17-2016, 19:34
I can positively see 3, and a possible 2 more.
sellersm
07-17-2016, 19:43
Pretty sure I see Erdogan.

Too soon?


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sellersm
07-17-2016, 19:44
At least 3 is my serious reply. I think at least 2 more


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sniper7
07-17-2016, 19:45
I see a definite 3.

let me know when it's okay to come up and reduce a Tom number by 1!
GilpinGuy
07-17-2016, 19:58
Yeah, I see 3. A few blobs might be more.
ray1970
07-17-2016, 20:22
I'm going to go out on a limb and say three. Because that's all I can see.
Bailey Guns
07-17-2016, 20:50
I see a definite 3.

let me know when it's okay to come up and reduce a Tom number by 1!

Any time. I'll put the smoker on standby.
sniper7
07-17-2016, 20:51
I'm going to go out on a limb and say three. Because that's all I can see.


If if you went out on a limb we would see the reflection of orange fingerprints glowing in the moonlight!
sniper7
07-17-2016, 20:53
Any time. I'll put the smoker on standby.


Mmm...smoked turkey is awesome! I have yet to get one in ID! Love me some turkey hunting.
ray1970
07-17-2016, 20:53
If if you went out on a limb we would see the reflection of orange fingerprints glowing in the moonlight!

At least you didn't say something about there'd be one more turkey in the tree.
sniper7
07-17-2016, 20:57
At least you didn't say something about there'd be one more turkey in the tree.

Well I guess there's that too![Beer]
Bailey Guns
07-17-2016, 20:59
Well, we're not putting Ray in the smoker. Pick another tom.
rondog
07-17-2016, 21:17
My brother took a shot once up into a whole bunch of turkeys roosting in a grove of trees. Not trying to hit one, just being a dick and trying to scare 'em. He said they all SHIT at the same time, while he was down underneath them. Sounded like rain hitting all the dry leaves around him. He didn't do that again.....
Big E3
07-17-2016, 21:31
I’m just going to count all the dark spots in the tree big enough to be a turkey and say 5
HoneyBadger
07-17-2016, 21:39
Optimistically... 6 or 7.
Hummer
07-18-2016, 01:04
My brother took a shot once up into a whole bunch of turkeys roosting in a grove of trees. Not trying to hit one, just being a dick and trying to scare 'em. He said they all SHIT at the same time, while he was down underneath them. Sounded like rain hitting all the dry leaves around him. He didn't do that again.....


Ha ha, that's funny and exactly what you'd expect them to do. If you notice, all birds defecate prior to taking flight in order to reduce their weight. Hummingbirds to herons, turkeys to eagles, they all do it. There's a lesson there...straight from nature.

As Louis L'Amore said, a man should never pass up an opportunity to relieve himself for there may come a time when he cannot and his life could depend upon it.
Bailey Guns
07-18-2016, 06:22
OK...thanks for playing. The correct answer is 6. I know some are really hard to see but there are 6 there. I love the legs on the one on the lower left:

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt337/baileyguns/Turkey%20Tree_zpseilqwwfm.jpg
vossman
07-18-2016, 16:56
That's pretty cool. I thought I saw two, one for sure.
wyome
07-18-2016, 17:13
Never seen the turkeys in west Texas do that....that's crazy
Irving
07-18-2016, 18:41
I've definitely seen turkeys fly up into the trees, then you lose track of them quickly.
Bailey Guns
07-18-2016, 20:22
Never seen the turkeys in west Texas do that....that's crazy

I've had more than one person tell me turkeys don't fly. Well, they sure as hell do. It's amazing to watch them take flight off the side of a hill and glide 2000' vertical ft or more to a valley floor.
Gman
07-18-2016, 20:25
Never seen the turkeys in west Texas do that....that's crazy
They do in East TX. Wild turkeys fly quite well. Domesticated turkeys, not so much.

A lot fewer predators in the trees when you're trying to get some shuteye.
Bailey Guns
07-18-2016, 20:32
Yeah, they're way up there. It's hard to tell from the photo but they're up about 60 or 70 feet.
Irving
07-18-2016, 21:27
Turkeys roost at night and to get away from predators. So when you're trying to get close enough to take a shot, the whole flock will fly up into a tree and you lose them pretty quickly.
Bailey Guns
07-19-2016, 06:40
I have a friend up north of here who lives on about 35 acres. She had a large flock(?) of turkeys that took up roosting at night on her back deck railing and the edge of the roof of her house. Turkey shit everywhere in the morning. She'd run them off at night when they'd show up but they'd come back. Real PITA for her. I thought it was pretty funny...long as it wasn't my house!