buglinbilly
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I was out trying to take some photos this morning of turkeys strutting and I ran into a group that was really too far off to get any good photos, so I just waited and watched, hoping they would come closer.
While I was watching, one of the toms that was strutting around moved off to the side as I watched the main flock.
When I looked over at him, he was standing in a very funny posture, so I picked up the binos to watch him and noticed he was standing on top of hen. He stood on top of her for almost 20 minutes. He never tried to breed her while I was watching and she was just laying on the ground with her head up.
The first photo is his posture that drew my attention and you can see her head sticking up and him standing on her.
I am sorry the photo is so poor, but hopefully one of you can answer my question, as I know so little about turkeys
Is this normal? Have any of you seen this before? And why do they do that.
After that long period, he walk away and she got up, shook a bit and then joined the main flock which ended up coming much closer than they were when this happened.
Thanks for any help, and good luck to all of you who turkey hunt. BB
And here's a couple I took when they got closer.
While I was watching, one of the toms that was strutting around moved off to the side as I watched the main flock.
When I looked over at him, he was standing in a very funny posture, so I picked up the binos to watch him and noticed he was standing on top of hen. He stood on top of her for almost 20 minutes. He never tried to breed her while I was watching and she was just laying on the ground with her head up.
The first photo is his posture that drew my attention and you can see her head sticking up and him standing on her.
I am sorry the photo is so poor, but hopefully one of you can answer my question, as I know so little about turkeys
Is this normal? Have any of you seen this before? And why do they do that.
After that long period, he walk away and she got up, shook a bit and then joined the main flock which ended up coming much closer than they were when this happened.
Thanks for any help, and good luck to all of you who turkey hunt. BB
And here's a couple I took when they got closer.