Do turkeys have a sense of smell?
04-18-2003, 12:00 PM
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Chicago IL USA
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Do turkeys have a sense of smell?
My first real turkey hunt and I' m wondering how worried I should be about a turkey picking up my scent. Should I use the same guidelines as for whitetail deer? Thanks.
Robert
Robert
04-18-2003, 01:46 PM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Columbus Ohio USA
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RE: Do turkeys have a sense of smell?
You already got your answer but remember that their vision spans about 290% so they can see almost everything that is not directly behind them. The moral is just because he is not looking at you doesn' t mean he can' t see you.
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04-20-2003, 07:08 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Eau Claire Wi
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RE: Do turkeys have a sense of smell?
I think I read an article once about a guy on his first Osceola hunt and felt the wind on the back of his neck and panicked. His guide told him..." If turkeys could smell, they' d over-run the world" .
04-22-2003, 05:02 PM
#8
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: South Louisiana
Posts: 301
RE: Do turkeys have a sense of smell?
We all better be right Proud them Toms cant smell cause if they did we' d be in a world of DooDoo - We would all be on here talking about finding a track somewhere or a feather and getting Plum excited about it to.
