Wild turkeys going up in the trees to roost

[@MsCriticalthinker201]

I was sitting in my truck one morning under a bunch of tall pines as the roosting turkeys awoke and returned to earth. Pretty big animals landing all around me, kind of cool.

[@Jillionaire_]

I started with a makeup tutorial and now I'm watching turkeys in trees. No clue how I got here. Gotta love the 'tube

[@brianwillis8447]

I don't even remember how I got here.

[@oohyllab]

LOLOL! Know what ya mean, I've done the same thing. It's kinda like that deal where ya go into a grocery store to get a particular item, & come out with a ton of stuff but Not that particular item.

[@Jillionaire_]

3 years later and I've made it back here somehow

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

Wild turkeys are awesome birds! First time I saw them roosting in trees kind of freaked me out. I lived too far north in Ontario for the birds, and didn’t see one until I moved to southern Ontario. Figured the wild bird wasn’t much different from the ones we ate at Christmas. A bit of Canadian culture shock to rock my boat, lol. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

[@cshula1]

I'm 66 and just learning that a turkey can fly. I didn't think they could fly any higher than a chicken.

[@billhayball8439]

ask mr carlson about turkeys!!!

[@taekwondotime]

They know they need to be up in the trees at night or else they will get eaten by coyotes and wolves.

[@josephsmith7970]

Domesticated turkeys can’t fly, no more than a chicken.

[@taekwondotime]

@@josephsmith7970 Wild turkeys certainly can fly though.

[@SPCLPONY]

@Karen Mintuck I had a friend from work cut and bale my hay fields about a month ago. He accidentally killed a hen sitting on her eggs somewhere in the tall hay. So he took the eggs home and hatched 8 babies. We will be bringing them to my barn this week to put in a big chicken pen (enclosed horse stall) that is currently empty. I need to look up more info on when it will be okay to turn them loose in the same field they were found in. There's lots of trees all around for them.

[@Boldness-and-Virtue]

I have never seen a turkey fly before! Awesome! Thank you for sharing! 😊 May God bless you! 🙏🏼😊

[@JimmyFoxhound]

Look at em strutting around like they own the place!! 😂😂I love it, I just found out recently that turkeys fly up into trees. I had no idea!

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

They’re also nasty buggers if you come across any during a hike! Wasn’t the birds going up the trees! They hit your legs with their wings, and it hurts! A lot! If you’re tiny or a kid, they can break bones! No guilt over the loads of (tame) turkeys I’ve ingested over the years … 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

[@AColonDashSix]

The first time I saw a turkey fly into an 80 foot tree top I yelled He's modding with cheat codes!

[@LadyYoop]

So cool...I got a flock here too...they are fun to watch...then the deer come in...they don't know what to make of the little guys. lol

[@tribulation138]

I knew they would roost in trees at night. But didnt know they would go that high

[@Caine7ify]

They believe they can fly, They believe they could touch the sky

[@DCFunBud]

I have turkeys in my yard everyday in Southern New Jersey. I have never seen them do this. They just EAT and POOP in my yard, bless their hearts.

[@oscargrouch7962]

Pooping in your yard means they LIKE you. Spelling your name in poop means they LOVE you!

[@2haiti]

Rick and Morty brought me here

[@olitodd4107]

Anyone else here from that Rick and morty episode ?

[@OceanbornAngel]

In a moment like this I could just not resist the urge to gobble at those turkeys.

[@worldsfastestube7302]

No turkeys here in Alberta great video

[@dougharlow6037]

Great video. I tried turkey hunting and never saw a one. After turkey season I saw many.

[@oscargrouch7962]

Wild turkeys turn invisible each November and do not reappear until Thanksgiving is over. That's a fact!

[@davidbenner2289]

Reminds me of the years I spent in the Highlands of West Virginia. I used to think turkeys used to sleep on their backs in the oven, taking their feather cloaks off so as not to overheat. I moved back to Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley, where I keep part of my property as a turkey paradise. Nope! Not for hunting. Just for watching. I don't hunt or fish anymore. I just don't like to kill anything anymore.

[@SPCLPONY]

Maybe you could answer a question for me. I had a friend cut and bale one of my hay fields here on the NY/Pa border last month. He accidentally killed a turkey hen sitting on her eggs, so he took them home and hatched 8 babies. We are bringing them back to my barn this week and putting them in a horse stall that I enclosed with chicken wire years ago for my hens. The pen is currently empty. I'm wondering when I could turn them loose in the same field? I assume natural instincts would tell them to perch in the surrounding trees? Would it be a bad idea or maybe illegal to toss some corn out for them for a few weeks until they adapt to their surroundings? Thanks for any insight. Just trying to do the right thing for them.

[@davidbenner2289]

@@SPCLPONY you may have circumvented the game laws. In some states you need a permit to keep wild game you order through the mail. Some won't let you keep anything wild. I'm not a lawyer, by the grace of God. As for spreading corn around, some places call "baiting", I don't know of anywhere that is not illegal. I would research everything you need to know on the internet, look it up on hard copy to back it up. I have nothing against legal hunting. I would even let family or neighbors hunt on my land if they asked me. I just don't like to kill anything anymore. And for clarification, I don't dispense legal advice, just opinions.

[@SPCLPONY]

@@davidbenner2289 Thank you for your reply. I kind of figured there would be legal ramifications involved, even if I was just trying to do the right thing. I understand the corn thing. I keep a salt block out for my 2 horses, but it stays near the barn, not up in the pasture where a game officer would probably frown on it. I still plan to 'raise' them to some degree and probably just turn them loose when it looks like they can fly and hope for the best. I guess I was looking for an opinion of what age they should be fine on their own. I haven't hunted in many years myself, but have nothing against it as long as it's done right.

[@davidbenner2289]

@@SPCLPONY keep a place close to the animals for them to find food and they will stay in the area. However, they'll wander away, in time. They may stay in a few square mile area. Wear red and blue and they may think you are one of them and not run off or fly away. Closest I ever got to one I the wild was a hen out six or eight feet away. I'm known for getting close.

[@MValleysMostWanted91]

So you Admit at one point you liked to kill?? I'm jk brother haha that's awesome

[@infamousS709]

Great vid! So cool you caught this on camera. I showed this to my kids cause I saw a turkey in our yard do this one day, fly up to a nearby tree. Couldn't believe my eyes, this thing was at least half my height and I'm 5'4 😅

[@380B61]

I just bought a couple of baby turkeys. I am starting to think I was lied to, when told they aren't flighty. Lol

[@Awakeningspirit20]

I finally got to see this sight for myself yesterday! No snow though, this was August 2022 in the woods near my house on a greenway near a creek, probably the place I've seen the most turkeys. And I got it on video, not good enough to post though.

[@fayebond9080]

Turkeys can fly and they roost up in trees at night to keep away from predators! I live on a acreage and forest beside us! I have wild Turkey I feed and at night they fly over 6 foot fence and fly up in trees to roost these trees are at least 130 feet high ! So I have seen them fly daily over my fence into my yard and back over at night fall and fly high into the trees to sleep for the night !

[@katzenfraeulein]

Who came here because of Rick and Morty?

[@NightDawnDusk]

well i be damned president turkey

[@boneless_chicken1]

You and I know why we're both here

[@Dr_C_Smith]

You should put that fire pit away for the winter or else it will rust.

[@لطفيذيب-ر2ت]

أمر عجيب هاذا النوع من الطيور يربا عندنا في الجزائر في المنازل لايخاف منالإنسان ولايستطيع الطيران

[@richg3411]

Saw this is CT all the time each night to stay safe from the coyotes.

[@truthseeker6384]

Wow, amazing that they fly so high!

[@earthwormchewer170]

Jesus Christ loves you all.

[@knowbody9679]

I pray he delivers you from eating worms. Lol

[@jeremy28135]

Awesome video

[@NoobBlox_0605]

I saw one flying to the tree today

[@canzaquatiz3610]

🤕 I always was told turkeys don't fly damn I hate school they could of told me the truth I wouldn't of told 😤

[@alycatpublishing1164]

One goes, they all go.

[@derekwagner157]

But WKRP in Cincinnati said turkeys couldn't fly.

[@oneyetiger]

The circle of life is ever going.

[@dougharlow6037]

Just an addition to my other comment. I also spent around $4000 dollars to try and bag a turkey. I've never tasted wild turkey.

[@billdozer3674]

Hang in there Doug!!!! You will get one and if you don't you still get to enjoy the outdoors 👍🇺🇲

[@richeyrich]

Its all beautiful and breath taking until they roost above your vehicle and crap all over the hood... i would know that.

[@PandaArmy-fy5zh]

🐼👀👍

[@noraalshaman8904]

الطيور ع اشكالها تقع حكمه قالوها الاولين .

[@victorm.photovic9983]

My bad... wrong wild turkey!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GPWEBMAN]

Tell that to the turkeys flying up into the trees. Video is most definitely not fake. Do some research before commenting please

[@jacktaylor6155]

And that good ppl is why you zoom ONLY on post production

[@MValleysMostWanted91]

Walking around knowing 50 lbs of disgusting bird could fall on you is not the way to live hahaha

[@MValleysMostWanted91]

You can tell they are huge by the sound there wings make.