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They like the ambience of a gentle stream flowing whilst they sleep.
Scientist and Author, Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass: An Adventure Across Southern Waters and Alabama's Best Fly Fishing
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"I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to." - Tom Kelly
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4 point
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I do not thing it is true a bit. Turkeys do like to roost on ridges and such over creeks.
They get lots of their water from the dew and from the insects and plants that they eat.
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10 point
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I've seen them roost over water as well as high ridges away from water. I think they roost where they feel the safest.
I came, I saw, so I killed them all......Vern
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Mr. Turkey
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Mr. Turkey
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They like the ambience of a gentle stream flowing whilst they sleep. Ben Rodgers Lee said "If a turkey can hear his shat hitting the water he ain't got a care in the world. "
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Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Feb 2008
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the bird we busted out in the dark yesterday was sitting directly over a small pond. Had he dropped a turd, it would have hit the water.
Dr. B
AKA: “Dr. B”
Aldeer #121
8-3-2000
Proud alum of AUM, UAB, and UA
2023-2024 ALdeer Deer Contest Champions
2024-2025 ALdeer Deer Contest Champions
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4 point
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I've had an old timer tell me hens nest close to water so the poults are close to a drink when born. That's what he says..
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12 point
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Joined: Apr 2000
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I've had an old timer tell me hens nest close to water so the poults are close to a drink when born. That's what he says.. Same amount of fact as the one where they hit water right before roosting and after flying down. I find nests all the time nowhere near water!
I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine
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8 point
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He pitches to a tree off of a hillside to roost. Where I'm at, at least, there is usually water below
one foot in the ground and one foot on the pedal...
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