wgscott

Hondo Gravel

What came first? The turkey or the egg?

3alarmer

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...there's a roving gang of wild turkeys that have been terrorizing my neighborhood most of the winter. They move in when everything dries up in the fall, over by the river. Then they hang out like a bunch of hoodlums, blocking the road in and out of River Park. While hanging out lately, now that it's spring, the gobblers are all struttin' their stuff for the hens...flashing their tails and generally acting like leather jacketed thugs at a '50's Drive In. Jerks.

Darth Lefty 

Turkeys got no class.

I’ll be at an RV park across from Roaring Camp this weekend but doubt much MTB opportunity given the kids.

Rage

I wonder how that turkey would taste cooked up...

Hondo Gravel

Darth Lefty 

where wgscott lives the turkeys taste like logging... Around here they taste like dredge mining and ammonium perchlorate.

J.Higgins 

Big flock (herd?) of turkeys on my property. My lab, Polly, doesn't give them the time of day. She'd rather chase a squirrel.

jack pot 

wild fire survivor

hazetguy 

these are pretty common scenes in my back yard.

dang ruffians i say.




blatant disregard for anyone else. yeah, i'm looking at you, what you gunna doo



unbearable behavior.....


sneaking up on an old man while he's cutting the grass. the nerve!

canklecat

There's a long active creek nearby my suburban neighborhood that provides a natural freeway for critters, so it's common to see a large rafter of turkeys on one particular dead end/cul de sac street that they've chosen as a safe route between a long and wide utility easement that's roughly mowed and a good feeding zone, back to their usual home base along the creek.

I've caught those turkeys on video a few times during rides and there's around 100 of them during peak seasons. They don't hang around that neighborhood, tho, they're just passing through.

As development encroaches on some previously dormant ranch land that's been sold, I'm seeing more deer, feral hogs and other critters along my favorite cycling and running loop. So far I haven't seen the larger animals in the suburban streets. Mostly possums and raccoons.

wgscott

Normally I would invite you over (I am just up the hill). Assuming you mean Felton?

Hondo Gravel

Get your W privileged Azz behind that lawnmower and start pushing! Anyways great pics.

thook

that's a lotta lawn for a push mower!

thook

they poopin' all over yer van....down by the river?

wgscott

Yeah, I have a lawn tractor for less.

My lawn also sucks (see above). Drought/fire/etc not helping.

thook

i've seen worse lawns. me....it's the side of the mountain with dirt, rocks and weeds with a little grass thrown in. not complaining, though. takes me all of an hour or less with a trimmer to keep it all down. a mower would not survive here. the dogs and donkey keep some of it beaten down. and they keep the bears away

hazetguy 

i was 'pushing' the mower when i saw that bear coming across the yard. quickly walked inside and up to the deck to watch it from above. was the biggest bear i've seen around here.
yes, i mow about 1 hilly acre with that fwd mower. we killed 3 different riding tractors/mowers on this property before i finally gave up and realized that it's gonna be a walk-behind mower or a constant stream of dead riding tractors. i've got lots of weird hills and grades, and it just tore them up. i did do a strava segment of me cutting the entire yard. showed it was 5 miles total walking. it's good excersize, especially if i have to run from wildlife!

noisebeam

Thanksgiving dinner in Port A, TX several years back there was a rafter of turkeys in the tree right outside the dining room window. I think they were on to us.

Notso_fastLane

I have almost 3/4 acre, and I use a reel mower.

bikemig 

I'd be tempted to keep some bear spray strapped on to your push mower.

bikemig 

I like push bikes and push (reel) mowers too, . Not sure how big my yard is but it isn't small since it's a double lot. No bears though.

Darth Lefty 

a mile down the road. That’s what I was thinking when I wrote, that we could maybe ride, but the weekend isn't turning out like that. Maybe some other time with more planning. I’m thinking this weekend if I’m lucky I might get away long enough to do bear mtn but I don’t know when and that’s about it.

wgscott

The kid has XC mountain bike practice for the first time in almost a year tomorrow at 8:00 am. ...