Turkeys by Bentley

Gordoats26 · #1 09-18-2008, 09:48 AM

I was out Spotting Geese this morning thought i saw some in this feild stoped the an looked an sure enough it was Wild Turkeys like 50 or more of them. Ive never seen them around here before. Has anyone else seen them around Centrel Alberta before? I thought it was kind of strange espesialy that many all toghther.

Stinky Buffalo · #2 09-18-2008, 11:05 AM

Now, that's pretty cool! I would never have expected that someone would see turkeys in that area.

Stinky B.

Grizzly Adams · #3 09-18-2008, 07:06 PM

Escapees from a farm?

Grizz

fickell · #4 09-18-2008, 07:14 PM

Two years ago I was driving from drayton valley to rockymountain house the
bently way about 4:30 am mid summer just a little light out and I drove past about 6 black turkeys on the shoulder of the road and there was a long stretch between farms that I could tell and it left me puzzled

Gordoats26 · #5 09-18-2008, 08:09 PM

I dont think they were escapees I went back there tonight and they were gone, They looked pretty wild to me but i could be wrong. They were feeding out in a barley field like i say at first they looked just like a company of geese. I dono?

Donny Bear · #6 09-18-2008, 10:12 PM

please do not take this as an insult !!! I have no Idea as to your back ground so this is not an atempt at anything negative but although I see no similarity I have heard people call sand hill cranes wild turkeys. With that said I have seen a flock of Wild Turkeys east of Camrose by Sedgewick about 8 years back. I see them down here at Pincher all the time but have never seen a flock over maybe 20 + or - And I have seen lots of Sandhill Cranes around Gull/Bentley over ths years.

CNP · #7 09-18-2008, 10:35 PM

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I see them down here at Pincher all the time but have never seen a flock over maybe 20 + or -

Never seen an AB turkey...........but in ON.......I saw flocks of over a hundred birds regularly.

Gordoats26 · #8 09-19-2008, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Donny Bear

please do not take this as an insult !!! I have no Idea as to your back ground so this is not an atempt at anything negative but although I see no similarity I have heard people call sand hill cranes wild turkeys. With that said I have seen a flock of Wild Turkeys east of Camrose by Sedgewick about 8 years back. I see them down here at Pincher all the time but have never seen a flock over maybe 20 + or - And I have seen lots of Sandhill Cranes around Gull/Bentley over ths years.

No insult Taken but Sandhill Cranes are more a Greyish Color arnt they? These were Dark Black. They were 3 or 4 hunderd yards but im sure they were turkeys. im going to go back to the same field today and try and get some pics.

catnthehat · #9 09-19-2008, 05:33 AM

Sandhills are big enough that a person can mistake them for DEER if driving by and just catching a glimpse!

One of the teamsters at work a few years ago said he saw some turkeys on the south dyke at Syncrude, then argued with me when I told them him they were Sandhill cranes!:confused
I'd seen them that morning and , yup, sandhills!

However, I would not be surprised if there were Mariams as far north as Bentley, stranger things have happened....
Cat

raggmann · #10 09-19-2008, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by catnthehat

Sandhills are big enough that a person can mistake them for DEER if driving by and just catching a glimpse!

I'm one of these guys.
We were headin' up to Canoe lake last year and saw 6.Didn't know what they were until lately here.
As far as the wild Turkeys,I've seen a few around the Stettler area,actually South of Erskine.

Ragg

buckmaster · #11 09-19-2008, 11:21 AM

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However, I would not be surprised if there were Mariams as far north as Bentley, stranger things have happened....
Cat[/QUOTE]

true enough, i have seen antelope right in fort sakatchewan 3 years ago!!!

Donny Bear · #12 09-19-2008, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by buckmaster

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However, I would not be surprised if there were Mariams as far north as Bentley, stranger things have happened....
Cat

true enough, i have seen antelope right in fort sakatchewan 3 years ago!!![/QUOTE]

I can also say I have seen Antelope as far north as two hills and repeat that I have seen Miriams out at Sedgewick. Go Figure

diamond k · #13 09-19-2008, 03:20 PM

I also saw two antelope right by Fort Saskatchewan but it was 7-8 years ago.
Watched them in the same field every night for about 2 weeks and then the must haved moved on.

raised by wolves · #14 09-19-2008, 06:49 PM

I remember hearing about several release sites back in the late 70s, along the foothills and Rockies as far north as Hinton and Grande Cache. Another comment I recall was that there were other attempts to establish populations north of Edmonton.

The Anvil · #15 09-20-2008, 04:09 AM

Never seen a wild turkey before... I have seen a Ring-Neck Pheasant though.

Grizzly Adams · #16 09-20-2008, 07:22 PM

We had someone do a private release around here once. Fish and Feathers had a conniption

till they were all accounted for and the guy was fined severely. I guess one test would have been to walk towards them. If they flew off, wild turkeys, if not, probably one of the domestic breeds.
Grizz

Traps · #17 09-21-2008, 11:07 AM

In the 1970s the Alberta government let 22 birds loose around the Porcupine Hills and others in the Cypress Hills. It’s estimated that there are now about 2,500 turkeys in the wild in Alberta. Personally I have seen one southwest of Longview and they have been spotted on the south end of Calgary.