Date: 4/29/25 11:56 am From: Mark Clark via CTBirds <ctbirds...> Subject: [CT Birds] Turkey Season 4/30-5/31
If you bird in any places where hunting is permitted, a friendly reminder that turkey season starts tomorrow. I reviewed the DEEP safety guidelines and selected a few recommendations that we, as birders, might also find useful to follow.
Never stalk turkeys or turkey calls. (Hunters are calling turkeys and you may be calling in a hunter or walking into a hunter's calls.)
Never move, wave, or make turkey sounds to alert another hunter of your presence. Your movements and noises may lead hunters to mistake you for a turkey. When another hunter approaches, stay still and yell out "hunter over here". (in our case, 'birder')
Do NOT wear red, white, blue, or black while turkey hunting. These colors are found on the heads of gobblers and both toms and hens have black-colored bodies. It is best to wear a fluorescent orange vest while walking in and out of the woods and carry your harvested bird out of the field in a fluorescent orange carrier.
Turkey hunters are not required to wear hunter orange so don't rely on this for spotting one.
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