२१ मे, २०२४

I had to be careful, sharing the forest trail with a turkey.

२१ टिप्पण्या:

BUMBLE BEE म्हणाले...

You're fortunate, he let you live!
Doesn't always work out that way.

Tom T. म्हणाले...

I thought you were going to say you bumped into one of us commenters.

Dude1394 म्हणाले...

Cute

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

He was leading me away from where the lady turkeys got off the trail. They'd exited on the right, and he turned left eventually. In the end, you can see that he's circling back to them. He had a job to do, and I had no intention of interfering. I considered giving up and going back, but I had a walk to do. 2.5 miles. I just needed to be patient.

Aggie म्हणाले...

Nothing worse than a slow-moving path hog.

Kay म्हणाले...

Lol, much better with audio on.

Narr म्हणाले...

That's talking turkey . . . softly.

sharecropper म्हणाले...

My wife & I hike 5 miles almost every day here in Arkansas. she has adjusted to sharing the trail with a turkey.

Hatari म्हणाले...

They can be a little grumpy this time of year. haha

TickTock म्हणाले...

Ann, as the Apex predator in this situation, you are far too polite.

"Get out of my way you damn Thanksgiving dinner. And don't think about giving me any grief."

Life is a matter of attitude.

Kate म्हणाले...

"Is somebody following me? No, Tom, don't be paranoid. I'm sure it's nothing."

Chuck म्हणाले...

They are fascinating animals. One of the more interesting game animals in North America. And as hard as it may be to believe, this is spring mating season. They behave very idiosyncratically at this time. I expect that, knowing wild turkey hunting rules in Michigan but not Wisconsin, that we are in turkey season in Wisconsin now as in Michigan. (Yes, after looking at the linked page below.)

That's a borderline legal young Tom in Althouse's video. The traditional rule is beard length. What are the guesses on the length of the Althouse turkey's beard? Does Wisconsin stipulate "bearded turkeys"/ Or "turkeys with beards greater than ___"?

Wisconsin turkey hunting page.

Scott Patton म्हणाले...

On your right!

Aggie म्हणाले...

I suggest next time, you start reading recipes out loud.

RCOCEAN II म्हणाले...

A well mannered Tom Turkey. Usually they can get a little aggressive this time of year. Maybe your soft tone of voice reassured him.

TickTock म्हणाले...

Aggie, that's priceless

Joe Bar म्हणाले...

Excellent!

TickTock म्हणाले...

Chuck, interesting link tho I didn't see anything on the size of beards. But learned some other stuff.

chuck म्हणाले...

You can be thankful he was married :)

effinayright म्हणाले...

Just today, in Lexington, MA, a Tom Turkey and his mate blocked the road.

He was in full mating display, with his fan of feathers extended.

Nice.


Danno म्हणाले...

It reminded me of the old saying, "that it's hard to fly with eagles when you're running with turkeys".