An 'xtree spayshall' Saturday morning

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I'm droolin waiting for you to load the rest of your pictures!!!
: )
Dena

.. #4 of 13 .. Jr's licking the salt block, while Momma's lickin' her chops ..

.. #5 of 13 .. Two Gobblers, two hens & two Deer ..

.. #6 of 13 .. One of the two gobblers is 'struttin' in the background ..

.. #7 of 13 .. Gobbler's in full fan, now ..

.. #8 of 13 .. A lil closer shot of the proud ol struttin' gobbler! (I cropped this pic) ..

.. #9 of 13 .. Jr turns to look at the Gobblers again! ..

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He's spotted the other turkey hen, and bounds off towards her.

All I could catch, was that white tail flag!! .. hee

Welllll .. now haint that jes a good'un Magpye!! .. I STILL can't get my numbers strait!! .. LOL ..

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I managed to mess up a couple of 'in-between' motion shots (they were much too blurred) .. but, Jr gives chase to the hens!! He paused only long enuff, to see where the two hens had run to .. and to determine his next move. One of the two hens can be seen in background ..

These goofy critters were playing with one another!! The Gobblers (that aren't seen here), remained cool, calm and collected .. and continued to strut their stuff! .. hee .. I can only figure that Jr may felt a bit threatened by the gobblers 'blowing' up, and wouldn't bother them. But he sure loved aggravating the dickens out of the hens ..

Oh Magpye, your pictures are so wonderful!
Thank you for sharing them.
You made my day.
Dena

Doggone it! .. Sorta lost some critical chronological order there, didn't it!! .. LOL .. (oh well!)

.. #12 of 13 .. Mom has now decided to see where the lil buzzard's gotten off to, and she bounds off also ..

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The ol gobblers (which had remained back over near the ditch (to the left in the pics) .. weren't phased by Jr and his antics, at all. They continued their practice on getting their 'strutt', jes right .. for the ladies. The two of them took their sweet time, while maintaining that true gobbler struttin' form .. until they too, eventually went out of sight ...

Thank you! .. GRENTHUMBS ..
Your sweet comments, certainly make for a big ol smile across my face, and a bigger one .. in my heart.

((huggerooners))

- Magpye

LOL! That is so cool. I have seen the wild turkeys before, but never all puffed up like that...they look kinda tasty...*sorry*

You must thank your DH for waking you up so you could take these photos, and share them.

with your pictures and descriptions you can clearly see that Jr. is being playful.

Wow. That was incredible. So is your timber.

Looks like you have a prime seat overlooking a theater. Unbelievable seeing the types of wildlife sauntering into your area. lol at the turkey birds just doing their own thing and at how playful the little deer is.

I love to see deer and turkeys together. I've got an image somewhere of a young deer eating a red apple, and a hen sauntering behind him.

Thanks Mags. It's always a pleasure to enjoy the wildlife with you.

Thank you Magpye, what a great show! I guess you don't need TV.

Great series of photos, Magpye ... I can smell Spring coming from the damp leaves in the early morning air. I can hear the drummin' of the Gobbler as he tries to impress a mate. The Deer will soon be celebrating the birth of their fawns and the woods is becoming alive with music.

Magpye, have you ever experimented with a turkey call from your front porch ? It would be a fun challenge (in your spare time) to try to call in a turkey during the Spring mating season. Of course, you have the risk of turkey hunters converging onto your property looking for that invisible turkey.

Have a great week !!!

Oh my, Linth ..
There's no tellin' how many notches .. that you've carved into the pistol grip (of which I've accumulated & deserve) - in your disgust of my shameful (lack of) ability in keepin' up with [my] threads -?-
((I'm truly so very sorry)) .. for failing to see your sweet conversational post ...

To try to lend a rather late reply to your suggestion: the ol Coot and I do have several turkey calls .. that we'll tinker with, in hopes of callin' an old gobbler in a wee closer. However, our 'scrapin' and 'racket' usually serves only to send them runnin' .. in the opposite direction. Who knows; one day .. we jes may get a decent 'noise' out of the calls! .. LOL ..

((huggerooners))

- Magpye

Great captures Magpye! It must be so nice to see all that wonderful wildlife right outside your door.

I really enjoyed both your story and the pictures. ditto thanks

Magpye,
I'd no sooner enjoyed your pics when lo' and behold - looked up and saw these in our front yard! They are twin brother/sister born last year. He has spikes. I can see right now thoughts of moving some hostas into my front beds are out of the question!!!!
Debra

they are very curious...

they are always together.

Thrills me, to see you guys continue to enjoy these photos & my entries.
((thanks so much, pel, sal, and fleurs))

I do tend to get a lil carried away with my rattlin' on, in trying to describe the 'ticulars to folks of the vermin antics we witness ...

Ahh, looks to've been a mite spayshall Sat'dy mornin' for you too .. 'ey, Debra?!? (hee) Ya know ya gotta luv 'em.

One of the resident does, has dropped a set of twins every year .. and from what I've heard & read; it really isn't uncommon either. They've never bothered anything of significance in the immediate yard .. but then, they've got plenty of browsing area with the majority of our property and the surrounding Nat. Forest. I sincerely believe with my heart - that they know they can find safety and comfort here ..

- Magpye

Good evening, Magpye ,,,,

My guns are filled with notches ..... but I can't remember why ??? No apology required. My turkey calls haven't been used for years so they're probably dried out. I gave up using them when I realized how foolish I was responding to the hunter's call on the other side of the ridge. We called each other for hours !!! I'll bet the turkey were gobbling their tail feathers off .... just one of life's memorable experiences !

Just make sure that if the two of you use them, that you are in eye-range of each other.

Have a good evening.

.. LOL .. Linth!! .. I gotcha: 'eye-range'.

I can so easily picture such a scene - & very clearly. And certainly sounds like something the two of us ol birds would surely do, also!

((Thank you)) I'm workin' on tryin' to improve - jes don't expect any miracles overnite, tho'. However, you DO have an ample # of guns; jes for safety sake?? .. (hee)

Should you find yourself shoppin' for another (or, type of) turkey call - check out the turkey slate calls. With a lil practice .. one can duplicate the variety of calls that the hens make/use (purr, cluck, yelp, cackle, etc.).

Take care .. and you have a good'un, yourself!

((huggerooners))

- Magpye

Magpye, would you expound on turkey slate calls? Will probably be attending the Hunter's Expo soon and may have to look for them. Only one I have was hand made by my grandfather. I guess you would call it a box call? Shaped sort of like a hollow stick of butter with a second piece of wood attached to the top that is pulled across it.

Do you see large gatherings of turkeys? We sometimes see as many as 50 at a time. Have had to wait for them to cross the road like cattle......LOL!

Those are great photos you got this morning. How lucky you are to get deer and turkeys in the same shot!

Debra

Here's a few > http://www.finalroostcalls.com/slate_calls.htm .. and .. http://www.zmanoutdoors.com/turkey%20calls.htm
(slate & glass) > http://site.mawebcenters.com/strutnjsgamecalls/_images//Glass_over_Slate.jpg

(hee) Debra/Fleurs .. the deer & turkey 'play' took place .. during March, of last year ('06)! And, is why I felt so bad for not responding in soooo doggone long!

The ol Coot has made a few of the turkey box/paddle calls .. using walnut and a couple, using cedar. He's been wanting to try his hand at the slate calls also - so, he mite jes get around to it, some time between now and Spring.

- Magpye

Thanks Magpye for taking the time to take the pictures of your wildlife and for posting so we can all see. There are plenty of deer here and rabbits, but so far the turkeys are stay a few miles away. I see them once in awhile when I am driving up in the hills.

Donna

What a fun thread, Magpye! Thanks for posting--I felt like I was there too in your snugly cabin watching this wildlife scene play out and drinking morning coffee!

Hey, this is therapy! I thought my husband was the only one sneaking in waking me up in the morning to look out the window. Nice to find another. I have been woken up to see deer, turkey, skunks, racoons ripping apart my feeder, fox, coyote, eagles, etc. and of course sometimes a combo of the above. The skunk sightings are usually followed by a "you chase it out of smell distance from the house, while I get the gun" not something I want to do when it is NOT 5:30am on a weekend!!!! Is it a wonder I am so in love????