Steve Hickoff's Strut Report

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Steve Hickoff's Strut Report

Posted 2015-03-08T15:16:00Z

Steve Hickoff's Strut Report

Strut Report Details
Strut Stage:Pre Strut
Temperature:31 to 40 degrees
Precipitation:None
Wind:10 - 15 mph
Cloud Conditions:Partly Cloudy
Food Sources:Crop fields
Gobbling Activity:Haven't heard a turkey in three days
Strutting Field Activity:The only gobblers I'm seeing in fields are picking at cow pies
Hen Gobbler Activity:Gobblers, jakes and hens are still together in winter flocks
Seen Any Poults Yet:Not yet

Watched a group of nearly two dozen turkeys the other day moving single file over the hard crust snow. Tough winter, but the birds look to be in pretty good shape. Season here is months away, but we'll be traveling well before then for other spring gobblers.