They aint thriving around here......Too many hawks and coyotes

Damn I go my the golf course here near me I can't stand it some times during the spring . I cross the toll bridge the strutting evervwhere

They are everywhere in Nashville suburbs. It's the craziest thing to see a boss gobbler strutting on a sidewalk.

I've seen videos of them chasing folks . They hit you just right its gonna hurt. We had a old tame gobbler here as a kid I killed it with a stick and took that butt whooping with pride . Lol

LOL. If a Banty weighed 20 pounds he would kill yer azz.........

Yeap . That's a fact .

When my wife and I went on our New England odyssey back in August , they were everywhere you looked . Especially around and in small towns. The largest flock we saw was in the yard at a local Game and Fish Office. Go figure , LOL.

When I hunted Maine a few seasons ago, I saw more turkeys eating under bird feeders in people's yards than anywhere.

They hate postal workers from all the videos I’ve seen of Jake’s flogging those carriers

I see more turkeys around the cities here in the shoals than in the woods so to speak

I’d be owl hooting at the Waffle House if they were like that here.

My theory, that probably no biologist would buy, is that cities offer the one thing that is missing on most rural properties - lawns. For the first few days of life a poult needs an unusual habit that contains cover that has bugs, yet is short enough that they can easily walk over it. A lawn is perfect for those few days.

Every year, I have hens bring their newly hatched poults to my centipede lawn and they will spend about a week in the area. After the poults get a little taller they are gone. It's a type of habitat that doesn't occur very often naturally, but the cities have plenty of it.

I could be wrong, but there is no doubt they like my lawn. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

the suburban hunters gonna be killin these domesticated gobblers soon

Yeah,,, Jive turkeys !!!

Habitat doesn't really matter when there's no predators........

yeah, cats and dogs don't live in cities.......

Damn sure aint none around Auburn……Stray dogs get posted on social media and picked up almost immediately. Rarely see a stray cat......See plenty of hawks and coyotes though......Never seen a single turkey anywhere close to town

People will always blame the big bad wolf for poor habitat.

Cities can offer some good habitat for generalist species.

I’ve got a video from Idaho of 20 longbeards in a tree huggers yard walking all around a Great Dane while the lady walks out the door feeding them. If they are getting fed and nothing chasing them, they won’t budge. Those same turkeys travel 200 yards to an alfalfa field and they act like every stubborn bird you’ve ever dealt with. They know where they are safe.

It’s fun to watch those guys throwing their calls at them (practicing) on those city birds.