I've been addicted to wild turkeys since 1981. When we moved to our new house 13 years ago I never thought a flock of wild turkeys lived in the woods out back.

For the last three years the winter flock has been growing. 10 in 2010 and 22 in 2011.

I went home early the other day. While driving down our street I could see a few turkeys in our backyard. When I got in the house I saw six. When I came downstairs I counted 26 and they were still coming. When it was all said and done there were 43 wild turkeys in our 1/3 of an acre. Two were long beard toms.

The Big Guy in the sky was smiling down on me that day.

And the funny thing is I'd rather drive 60 miles to hunt turkeys in the mountains than harm a feather of our backyard flock.

I tried to take their picture. The flash reflected off the window. So as I am opening the window it squeaked. 43 heads pop up in unison. They didn't stay long.

man that was a pile of birds. i am like you coalman. i don't like hunting round my house. just don't seem like hunting. i wish we had some birds here. thanks denny

Same thing happen to me last spring was driving around to different spots listen for birds then one morning i woke up to go to work and heard one sound off in the wooded lot across from my house; I live in subdivision rite outside of Robert E. Lee's homeplace it's a pretty big subdivision absolutley no hunting in it but there still spots were ther's 5 or 10 acre wooded lots in it. I listen to him gobble for about a week straight then after that he was gone?????? Only thing i could figure i wasn't the only addict listenin...

I don't have a problem hunting them out the back door.. it doens't hurt the poplation of the flock any to take out a couple of toms every year.. I live in the City now.. but used to do it all the time in WV .. I guess to each his own though ..

I wonder what that flock of 43 birds was eatin on that 1/3 acre