Thinking of putting up an electric fence to deter the littles burgers from stripping my gardens down to bare dirt. Anyone one know better idea.
live and let live, i have some willy wagtails and hawks that hang around my cafe, doing their buisness and leaving a few presents 1/2 mice etc for me to clear up, id rather have them around and do a bit of extra work than not have them there, willy wags are great little birds, they never stop, always playing a tune and box well above their weight
Yeah I like the them too. But I live on the side of a hill and so far they have remove about 500mm of dirt beside a concrete driveway. Exposed the water mains and they're digging more. The concrete driveway is virtually unsupported on the down hill side and when I try to fix it up, the little pricks dig it all out again.
The do nothing approach is not an option.
Get this fella to deal with them. 
www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-12/kangaroo-in-creek-in-stand-off-with-bushwalker-and-dog/9040762
Is it possible to trap a turkey??
Possums in my garage that excrete stuff all over my belongings get relocated to a nearby area ( over 2 creeks ) whenever needed.
They fall for the fruit in a sliding door trap every time.
This one is rodent size you will need the bigger one obviously , just wondering who you could 'borrow' from. Maybe your local rspca or national parks people if you say it's for foxes or something. Expenso to buy for a one up job
U could try some leg snares, simple loops of fishing line that they walk in & tighten up as the
walk away. then u could go to the simple cooking thread & dinner is done.
Native critter, ugly as sin and I reckon they would be as tuff as old boots on the plate but I reckon fencing is an option but they do fly pretty good when they get the urge and roost in trees.
Once upon a time I used to collect unblooded paralysis tick nymphs and sell them to Lismore Vets for sometimes $3 per tick , Cash and limitless supply ,times were good !!!
I lived in a place called Whian Whian which was not far from the "as the locals called it" the green triangle. Possibly N.S.W biggest pot growing community , any which way from most water sources would lead you to interesting finds.
To my surprise I once found 3 turkey nests converted to prime cannabis plots each with about 20-30 plants in them . Surrounding trees cut down, netted and cleverly camouflage.
I dread to think of the certain end for the original custodians from these guerrilla bastards
The old bushmans recipe for cooking bush turkey was to cook it long and slow.
1. Find a rock roughly the same size as the turkey.
2. place the turkey, then rock in a pot, cover with water and bring to a simmer.
3. After 8 hrs remove the rock and turkey.
4. Throw the turkey away, and eat the rock, it will be much more tender than the turkey!
Electric fence ordered. Just saw the prick sauntering up the lower driveway like he owns the place. Lets the games begin.
He'd be laughing his turkey neck off too gobble gobble gobble scratch scratch gobble gobble scracth scratch scratch scratch gobble
I have solved this problem with mirrors! Unintrusive, passive and effective. 10 bucks from Kmart
The male builds the nest. Once the male decides where the nest goes, you will not stop him - believe me I 've tried. They are very determined.
The males are also territorial though and will not build a nest when another male is around. They are also too dumb to realise the other male in the mirror is actually them. I have seen them charging and pecking the mirror which is also a distraction from nest building. cheers and good luck
Select to expand quotesydchris said..
In NSW the increased use of 1080 poison to kill foxes - a bush turkey natural enemy - has meant the turkeys are reaching plague proportions in some areas. Good example of how disturbing one part of the ecosystem affects other parts.
WTF....... someones killing off all the foxes? damn, the native ecosystem must be in complete disarray....
Hopefully no one is hurting the native feral cats and they will step in and help out....
Select to expand quotetoppleover said..
Looks like there giving the Salvo,s hell in Maroochydore
shame it wasnt kfc or chicken treat in the backbround,; as i walk in the valley of death;
Select to expand quoteCrusoe said..
Yeah I like the them too. But I live on the side of a hill and so far they have remove about 500mm of dirt beside a concrete driveway. Exposed the water mains and they're digging more. The concrete driveway is virtually unsupported on the down hill side and when I try to fix it up, the little pricks dig it all out again.
The do nothing approach is not an option.
that will teach you to build on thier patch.Id go the mirror thing. i reckon your lucky to have them anyway.
Have you thought of putting aside some land for them to build on
Hmmm fox's aren't native which the turkeys are.
Apparently they were really common before the depression and they became a food source during the depression and their numbers haven't recovered due to foxs.
We have them around us, dumbest bird i have seen. I would rather have them around than nothing.
Mind you i like the foxs killing the feral cats!
They are prolific around my place...just had a baby inside tonight was really tender
Select to expand quotecansyd said..
Apparently they were really common before the depression and they became a food source during the depression and their numbers haven't recovered due to foxs.
Their back!!!!
"Scrub turkeys are thriving along the east coast
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In the past twenty years, Brisbane's population of Scrub Turkeys, a former game bird, has risen 700%. The ABC reports that turkey numbers are rising all along eastern Australia, spreading south from the subtropics into the warm temperate Sydney Basin. This is partly because suburban gardens offer good soil and mulch for nest mound-building and plentiful food all year round, whatever the weather. Populations have bounced back since they were protected from hunting in the 1970's. Gardeners all along the coast are contending with these birds in places - and denser turkey populations - than ever before."
jerry-coleby-williams.net/2012/07/09/scrub-turkey-trouble-51/
