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vabirdhunter
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:55 pm Posts: 966 Location: Chesapeake, Virginia
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leg banding turkey?
Has Virginia Game Department evr Banded Turkeys?
Tim
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Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:06 pm |
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Fullback24
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:34 pm Posts: 456 Location: Trigg, VA
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There have been some turkeys killed in Giles that has had some radio transmitters on them.
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Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:39 pm |
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hendup
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:08 am Posts: 1622 Location: Cartersville, Va
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I saw some turkey leg bands for sale on Ebay the other day. That's the first time I'd ever even heard of it.
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Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:46 pm |
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vabirdhunter
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:55 pm Posts: 966 Location: Chesapeake, Virginia
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Hen, I think they might be the leg bands that are used at NWTF Banquets.
Thye are used in Gun rafflles .
Tim
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Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:10 pm |
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Freddy
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:50 pm Posts: 3138 Location: Goodview, VA
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I know they banded turkeys a long time ago when doing trap and transfer projects but I haven't heard of any lately. I have some leg bands from the NWTF banquets though!
I don't know anyone that's ever killed a turkey with a band...
_________________ "You have to pay for every bird you kill and the coin you use to pay for them is time." - Tom Kelly
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Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:02 pm |
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WVBOY
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:33 pm Posts: 3038 Location: Powhatan, VA
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I know they put some Radios in some gobblers they netted last year in WV.. the DNR man himslef told me about it right after season went out last year, they radioed 5 gobblers on one farm about this time last year.. they had two harvested in season, two were still on the same farm and alive.. and tracked one Gobbler that traveled over 20 miles in two weeks right before the season came in.. I laughed because I didn't believe him.. I've never heard of a turkey going that far.. I then ask him if he sure that he wasn't in the back of some poachers truck doing that traveling and then the carcus discarded.. but he told me that he was still alive.. still not sure I beieve it ..
_________________ RB
Take me Home Country Roads.
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Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:16 pm |
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gobbstopper1946
Longbeard
Joined: Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:21 pm Posts: 275
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Had a wife once that wore a leg band?
GS...
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Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:26 pm |
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Gobblenow
Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3806
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Is that the one that shot at you Kenny?
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Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:38 am |
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hendup
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:08 am Posts: 1622 Location: Cartersville, Va
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Thought about banding the ex wife but I was afraid someone would call the number and try to return her.
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Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:16 pm |
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shademtn
Jake
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:25 am Posts: 49 Location: Manakin Sabot, VA
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There's a banding project going on in PA, NY, and OH. Here's a link about it.
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?Q=167604&A=11
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:37 pm |
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Bird Dog
King of Spring
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:50 pm Posts: 2650 Location: central Va
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Anything closer, I don't want to carry her out of state if I don't have to.
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:29 pm |
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Big Bird
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:08 pm Posts: 604 Location: Christiansburg, VA
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I was at an outing this past Sat and Larry Crane from the VDGIF was asked this very question. He stated that in Pulaski County some hens have been banded and some gobblers have been banded and transmittered as part of a localized study. He did not elaborate though.
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:40 pm |
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peacemaker
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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In this month's VA Game & Fish, there's an article by Bruce Ingram that takes a few paragraphs to discuss some radio-tracking of Virginia turkeys done last spring. There were 35 radio-ed west of the Blue Ridge and something like 25 east.
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:08 am |
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Fullback24
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:34 pm Posts: 456 Location: Trigg, VA
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I've heard by word of mouth, that somebody, I don't know if it's state or feds, but they put new radio transmitters on turkeys around their necks to try and get a measurement on how many times they gobble. Somehow this thing goes off of vibrations or something. That came from pretty reliable source. Just thought it was interesting, hope I get a chance to blow one of the radios to smithereens.
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:08 am |
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Freddy
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:50 pm Posts: 3138 Location: Goodview, VA
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Fullback... I think what you are referring to is a project by the VDGIF to study turkeys and gobbling patterns. They are actually just tracking devices on the turkeys and someone goes out and finds the turkeys and records their gobbling activity on certain days.
I'll try to dig up some more information on this and also some results that have been released.
_________________ "You have to pay for every bird you kill and the coin you use to pay for them is time." - Tom Kelly
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