Turkey Food Sources

[iowabuck]

So I thought it would be a good idea to compile some food sources of the turkey. I would start us off but really don't know what they eat. How about corn

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[Old Buck]

Turkey have a wide range of plants and animals they eat including baby quail (JUST KIDDING ON THE QUAIL!). Check inside the crop next time you harvest a bird then add to this thread. Grass, clover, grain and insects are common.

 

[Ghost]

Acorns, beachnuts, blackberries, wild grapes, snails, insect larvae, millipedes, worms, and don't forget the almighty grasshopper.

Be careful Muddy...they may eat

 

[Ghost]

I forgot to add something funny I have witnessed on a regular basis. There are a couple of cattle feed lots in the area that turkeys search for "pass through" corn.

I call this being on the hot lunch program!!!

 

[BC Whitetail]

Dandelions. I shot a Tom last year with a craw full of Dandelion heads.