Anyone ever witnessed turkeys mating in the wild?

[Ricochet83]

Was at the ranch this past weekend. I woke up saturday morning to some soft purs and clucks coming from outside my window at the camphouse. So i peeked through the blinds and had a big ol tom and 5 hens right in the backyard. One of the hens was a bearded hen which i thought was cool. Well they messed around for about 20 minutes and then i was blown away at what i got to witness. So the tom actually did the dead with the bearded hen about 20 yards outside the window. Was definitely a experience to say the least as it was about 12 minutes of him stepping on her back i guess checking to make sure she was ready then about 5 seconds of the deed. Once i realized what was happening i pulled out my phone and started recording and got the last 2 minutes of the event on video. ( not sure about posting it as to whether or not it would be acceptable but if i can i would like to as it was really interesting to witness).

[bowhuntertex]

I shot a tom once for violating my hen decoy.

[Ricochet83]

All I kept thinking was why couldn’t this of happened this weekend then I could of got the tom and the bearded hen together with one shot possibly


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[huntmaster]

I wittnessed 3 toms attempting to gangbang a hen. I got up out of my hiding spot and scared them off and that poor hen was a mess.

[BlackHogDown]

^ We're still "talkin' turkey," right?

[OleTomTalker]

My understanding is that the back massage from the Tom walking on her back causes her to ovulate and her eggs become ready to be fertilized. Foreplay, if you will...

[Ricochet83]

Thats awesome. I have spent alot of time in the woods and this was a first for me as this place i have been on now for 4 years is the first place i have had that actually has a boat load of turkeys so i have spent the past year studying them and thought i had them pretty well figured out then i got to see this in person and thought that was awesome. Funny thing was while they were busy a tom came over from the tree line and scooped up to of the hens the original tom had with him in his group and he escorted them away so i guess he was a very opportunistic bird to swoop in and steal his ladies while he was busy.

[Ricochet83]

that makes since it just didnt seem to soft and romantic to me actually looked like it wouldnt have felt to good but i guess turkeys are in to the rough stuff.

[OleTomTalker]

that makes since it just didnt seem to soft and romantic to me actually looked like it wouldnt have felt to good but i guess turkeys are in to the rough stuff.

Yep, think about it. If you only got about a good 2 months out of the year to breed...... Doubt you'd be real gentle either Try to get in as much as you could.

[Pintail45]

Post the vid!

[TXBowhunter11]

I would like to see the video too!

[chrisk]

Every spring I will see it happen when passing a field. They are not shy.

[hot_rod_eddie]

"So the tom actually did the dead with the bearded hen about 20 yards outside the window. Was definitely a experience to say the least as it was about 12 minutes of him stepping on her back i guess checking to make sure she was ready then about 5 seconds of the deed."

perve

[Ricochet83]

Got it on my phone let me try to figure out how to post the video and I’ll get it on here


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[Rush2Judge]

Not turkeys but I did see a pair of red tailed hawks mating in a cottonwood tree in our backyard yesterday.