There are turkeys freaking everywhere at my house.
They come by two, three times a day.
Scratching up my yard and disrupting my dogs.
Does anyone else deal with this?
How can I keep them off my property?
I have no fence.
There are turkeys freaking everywhere at my house.
They come by two, three times a day.
Scratching up my yard and disrupting my dogs.
Does anyone else deal with this?
How can I keep them off my property?
I have no fence.
I have no idea. We used to get them, even with Shepherds that killed a few.
It’s easy to scare turkeys away by making noises (try waving your arms and yelling or blowing a whistle), popping open an umbrella, throwing tennis balls, or dousing the turkey with water from a hose or squirt gun. A leashed dog may also be effective in scaring a turkey away.
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That’s a great idea, @Loke,
But I’ve already tried scaring away the turkeys.
They keep jumping on to my roof to protect themselves and it just makes things worse.
It might work if they were further away from the house.
We’ll see, I’ll give it another go next time they show up.
I imagine invasive wildlife is a huge problem this year because of how much of the forest burned down. Maybe one of those sonic emitters would annoy them enough to leave?
How many are there? Can’t you just shoot them?
Capture and eat them
I might try the sonic thing and see if it helps.
Would it aggravate the dogs too?
I don’t know, I’ll do some investigating.
Originally (when they had babies) there were about seventy of them,
Now were down to about twenty-five.
But they’re full grown, adult turkeys and they’re pretty aggressive.
Holy crap!!! You’re in a mess
Make friends. Feed them. Then eat them.
Can I get a frozen turkey,
Put it on a post,
Place it in the yard as a warning to all other turkeys?
I wonder if you can tame wild turkeys? Seriously. Our pot belly pig was untamed then she got used to us and now she’s a pet
Probably. Most animals get used to who feeds them.
What would you do with 25 dead turkeys though after you killed them? Nobody’s deep freezer is that big!
@GoldenRex. I would contact one of the dudes from Duck Dynasty and ask them. Maybe they can tell you what to do.
I don’t mean all at once!
Haha. Sorry. Oopsy y’all
That would be a lot, I admit.
You can capture a turkey. Put it on an illegal trial in the middle of the night. Give it a lashing. Make it carry an oven through the city. Bake it on a high hill overlooking the city. Bury it in a rock carved tomb. Wait three days. Then it will magically appear to other turkeys hereby turning them into pacifists.
Problem solved.
I just read about owl replicas, scare eye balloons, and coyote replicas. Those supposedly scare turkeys