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Offline JKEEN33

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Re: Spring Turkey Migration?
« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2014, 09:02:19 PM »
First turkey I ever ran into in Washington was in the snow. Saw a huge bird track while elk hunting. Looked at my brother in law and said look at the size of this bird! Walked a little further and ran into a turkey. Got home did some research and I've been an addict since. I like to hunt the snow line. Seems to me the mature Tom's Will get up high earlier than the young birds to stake out some ground. Just my .02

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Re: Spring Turkey Migration?
« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2014, 10:20:06 AM »
I've been doing some research trying to get prepared for next spring's turkey season and I have a question for you veteran turkey hunters out there.  I'm wondering if knowing where the turkeys tend to congregate in the Fall means that they will still be in that same area come spring time?  According to the articles I've read it seems that they scatter and go to higher ground to breed and nest.  How high do they go?  Where I see turkeys in the fall is in a creek drainage around 2700', but the creek drainage extends up the ridge to 6500' over the course of 4 miles or so.   I've read contradictory information about hunting the snow line, some say hunt below it and some say it doesn't matter and that gobblers will go to their strut zones if there is snow there or not.  Any information you can provide will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.  I searched all over the forum and couldn't find anything on this, so I hope I didn't miss a bunch of posts and am now asking you guys to repeat yourselves.

I'll add this for you to think about. The fall flocks stay flocked up till spring breaks, when they migrate back up all depends on snow melt. If the snow melts early before season the birds will be widely scattered. If we have a late winter, many birds will still be flocked up near cattle feeding operations landowners who feed them, or bare ground exposure where they survived through the winter.  :twocents:
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