Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: Billy74 on April 30, 2022, 10:24:22 AM
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Just about stepped on a hen with a clutch. Will Toms stick close by or will they go looking for a new hen? I guess the question is is this a good area to sit and call if ive seen no other sign?
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Toms are cruising looking for hens who lost their clutch or who are ready for a second hatch.
They aren't like geese
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Toms are cruising looking for hens who lost their clutch or who are ready for a second hatch.
They aren't like geese
But will hens push other turkeys away to protect there eggs. Or look for solitude
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Toms are cruising looking for hens who lost their clutch or who are ready for a second hatch.
They aren't like geese
But will hens push other turkeys away to protect there eggs. Or look for solitude
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I've never seen hens push Toms away.
I often see hens cruising up into the brush to go sit on their eggs.
I imagine the Tom's in the area of her nest are unaffected, and just crusing and loking for receptive hens.
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Hens will push other turjeys away from their nests. Seen it first hand if a hen that was strolling by feeding went into the think brush for 15 to 20 minutes came feeding out as a flock starting cruising by she got pretty vocal at the flock which put them on alert but was lucky enough that I got my mentee on the tom trailing. Most hens that are laying or nesting break of from the flock and are alone. Tom's do not care they are looking for more love. That is why you will starting see them in bachelor groups starting about now. They will feed in a flock after fly down but around mid morning the hens will separate from the flock and hed to lay eggs. Oh and hens once they start nesting or incubating her eggs she does not roost she stays with that nest and if she does roost it is very close to her nest. So yeah being close to that nest really shouldn't help in hetting toms. Also studies have found that if you bust a hen off of her nest a lot of time she will abadon that nest. Take in account most of these studies were done is the SE part of the country.
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This week I was watching a hen and she saw a Tom coming to her and she turned around and went the other way. I shot the Tom so it worked out for me.
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