There is some truth to it but like other old sayings, it doesn't apply all the time. Anyone that does a lot of winter fishing around Lake Martin where they draw the water down 10 feet has probably flocks of turkeys gather at the edge of the lake to drink shortly before time to roost. I've seen it many times. In the spring, I think other instincts take precedence. I doubt turkeys need a great deal of water anyway. They don't pee or sweat. They can probably go long periods without a big drink.
"When there was no fowl, we ate crawdad, when there was no crawdad, we ate sand."
"YOU ATE SAND!" - Raising Arizona
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