Roam range of a turkey?

[VTbowman]

Just curious to how far a birds home territory is.
How much do they roam or do they stay in a certain area?
I ask because I had birds going nuts right behind my house last week and the very next day nothing. 2 weeks later still nothing.
I've driven around the immediate area and nothing...

I feel they have moved on or are on the other side of the mountian, etc.. and I just am not hearing them if they hear me or they are just not there anymore.
I know they can get quiet and be there.
Believe me I know this threw experience, however I would think that I would see or hear something in 2 weeks time..
I have thrown just about every call I have at them and no go...
Soft to loud, Box call to slate calls to different strikers on the slate calls to several different mouth calls.
Nothing... http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[PAbowhunter4life]

Man, birds don't even know where they are going next, so it's hard to tell how far a "home range" is for a turkey lol.

I will say this though, there have been days where we would see a huge flock of birds in my buddy's front yard at fly down in the morning, only to watch the same group of birds go to roost about 2 miles away from his house that same evening.

[VTbowman]

Thats about what I thought.....

[PAbowhunter4life]

For the record, you're not alone with your gobbling troubles bud....


Opening day here had 3 gobble on roost, flew down a little after 6 and those were the last gobbles I heard that day. Saw 2 longbeards, 6 hens and 3 jakes, but they never made a peep. Passed on jakes and the longbeards only made it to 80 yards away when the hens showed up.

Following Thursday I was back in the same spot and the birds were going ballistic in all directions; it would be safe to say I heard at least 15 different birds. Called in 5 jakes right off the roost and passed again. That was the morning action. I had to be at work at 9 and when I left the woods at 8:30 they were still screaming all around me.

Two days later on Saturday, 3 gobbled on roost, never heard a peep after they flew down. Saw one hen and one unidentifiable.


Today, went up the valley to where the 3 constant gobblers have been and guess what, NOT A PEEP today period and only saw one hen.










Again bud, you're not alone lol http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[elnor]

Birds on our place in southeastern OK routinely roam 1-2 miles a day. These are Easterns in hilly, forested country interspersed with cleared cattle fields and hay meadows.

[Turkeystalker]

I think they will stick around as long as there food source is plentiful. I ran into the same situation this year where I have seen over 150 birds. Season started and not a single one except on opening morning I saw six. I have birds behind my house and sometime they will roost right behind my house,not even 60 yards from my deck, other time they will roost about a 1/2 mile back near a corn field. Might be because I pulled my feeders out well before season. ? big ? mark