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When do turkeys dust themselves
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<blockquote data-quote="Southern Sportsman" data-source="post: 4888941" data-attributes="member: 10399"><p><strong>Re: When do turkeys dust themselves</strong></p><p></p><p>I've only seen one gobbler dust. It was probably 15 years ago, late season mid-afternoon. He was with several hens in a freshly sprouted corn field. He mostly strutted, but at one point for about 5 minutes he joined the hens in scratching out a bowl and laying down to dust. The entire time he was simultaneously stretching his neck all around plucking up every corn sprout he could reach and eating the kernel off of it. Plucked a perfect circle clean. When he ran out of corn sprouts in reach, he got up and went back to strutting. It was funny to watch. Like he only had 5 minutes to devote to non-strutting activities, so he was rushing to eat and dust and the same time. </p><p></p><p>Like others have said, I wouldn't spend much time focusing efforts on dust bowls. They're nice to see because they let you know that turkeys are in the area, but odds are it's hens doing the dusting and this time of year, good chance they're alone. Treat them like you would tracks or scratching - proof that turkeys have been there recently, but not necessarily a sign that they'll be back in that same spot tomorrow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Southern Sportsman, post: 4888941, member: 10399"] [b]Re: When do turkeys dust themselves[/b] I’ve only seen one gobbler dust. It was probably 15 years ago, late season mid-afternoon. He was with several hens in a freshly sprouted corn field. He mostly strutted, but at one point for about 5 minutes he joined the hens in scratching out a bowl and laying down to dust. The entire time he was simultaneously stretching his neck all around plucking up every corn sprout he could reach and eating the kernel off of it. Plucked a perfect circle clean. When he ran out of corn sprouts in reach, he got up and went back to strutting. It was funny to watch. Like he only had 5 minutes to devote to non-strutting activities, so he was rushing to eat and dust and the same time. Like others have said, I wouldn’t spend much time focusing efforts on dust bowls. They’re nice to see because they let you know that turkeys are in the area, but odds are it’s hens doing the dusting and this time of year, good chance they’re alone. Treat them like you would tracks or scratching - proof that turkeys have been there recently, but not necessarily a sign that they’ll be back in that same spot tomorrow. [/QUOTE]
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