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Post by fisherman on May 25, 2013 15:35:59 GMT -5
So cold and rainy here in the 'dacks this weekend. My lilacs actually froze! Snow on ground in the high peaks! Glad I haven't planted my garden yet. I used to enjoy the songbirds and spring peepers, unfortunately military duty and age has left me with high frequency deafness and I no longer can hear many of them any more. Had to give up searching out rattlesnake dens too to photograph them because I can't hear them rattle. Fortunately I can still hear the turkeys, owls, crows, and those d@mn blue jays. Pennsylvania turkey story: Guy across road from my son took his little boy turkey hunting on his own land. Put out a decoy in a cornfield and positioned the two of them in the edge of a woods. A short time later some yahoo drove his pickup into the field, jumped out and was about to shoot the decoy! Landowner had to jump up and yell to prevent being shot! True story. My son had three big Toms on his land, now there are two.
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Post by walleyed on May 26, 2013 7:41:14 GMT -5
[quote author=austinp board=general thread=25899 post=152881 time=1369507105[/quote]
it's always a pleasure being out there, listening to the woods and wetlands awaken with melody of mixed songbirds singing in sweet harmony
agreed, walleyed? <grin>[/quote]
All Birds except Crows, Canada Geese, Peacocks, and Wild Turkeys should be muzzled or silenced through Vocal chord removal for the entire Month of May !!! ;D ;D ;D
walleyed
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Post by turkeyfeathers on May 26, 2013 8:46:30 GMT -5
Would they be Woodcocks? Doing their mateing flight? I have seen them around here ! First thing I though of too. Are the making any meeping type of sounds? You described similar area where I have been hearing them while entering the woods to turkey hunt and i have been hearing them
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Post by austinp on May 26, 2013 13:22:53 GMT -5
definitely not woodcock... I'm going with snipe as the probable cause
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Post by gobbler11 on May 26, 2013 16:28:11 GMT -5
Yeah.... I agree hard to beat the woods in spring! At least early in May. The black flies and foliage make it tough now. Winter die off is not as common with turkeys as it is in whitetails. Most turkeys can handle the harshest winter. Testimonial is Tug Hill is load with birds. The wet springs are what does the most damage to the turkey population. The NWTF put radio collars on a dozen nesting hens, The first rainy night 9 of the nest were destroyed by coons. On dry night hens have no scent on nest but when they get wet they do... then coons will find them. Plus a wet spring is tough on the poults before they have all their feathers they can die of exposure. Coon are by far the worst predator for turkeys because they target the nests. Another reason to trap all we can! I've got one more hunt I've got to get out of my system. I will head north again on Tues.
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Post by trapsauce on May 26, 2013 17:23:20 GMT -5
I know you dismissed the woodcock or as another called it a Timberdoodle but your description sounds spot on for one. Generally around open Areas and near wetlands you will hear woodcock making a peep.....peep noise followed but an aerial display then a fluttering sound as they descend in a swirling flight. This often takes place around dusk and dawn. That or bats getting their freak on. My money's on the woodcock though.
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Post by austinp on May 26, 2013 17:35:25 GMT -5
well, we have woodcock here and it doesn't sound like their towering = drop sequence to me, but I could be wrong. whatever it is, there sure are lots of them. pretty much open areas of wetlands and they are pretty thick
the sound is almost like a pigeon when it comes in to land... that whistling swoosh of wings. a little lighter pitch because it's a smaller bird. but the same general sound as pigeons of doves make when they land - take off
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