Turkeys are usually
found in open, mixed hardwood and pine forests.
Others are scattered in brush land. Others prefer
to roost in trees larger than the surrounding
vegetation and will often choose place to stay
on sites facing slopes where they can shelter
from the existing strong wind. They will use open
fields and meadows as feeding and boasting sites
and wooded areas are roosting sites. If few or
no roosting sites are available, the turkey may
leave the place and not use it.
Basic Turkey Characteristics
Turkeys’ ears are also placed
on both sides of their heads. And because they
have no outer ear to develop the sound in one
direction, they hear sounds all the way around
them. Sounds received by only one ear can help
the turkey find out which direction the sound
comes out but not any indication of distance.
Turkeys turn around to be more alert.
Because they lack a sense of
smell, they highly rely on both sight and sound
The clever beasts generally flee away from the
danger, not toward it. Besides their sense of
smell, they rely heavily on both their eyes
and ears to determine the direction of danger
before they run away from it.
