Wild Turkey

Posted by Craig (Vacaville, California, United States) on 1 April 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

Wow that is Wild, I love it, how does she stand so straight with all that weight? I hope she can run fast, so nobody catches and roasts her ;)

1 Apr 2008 4:46am

@Lorraine: She can run fast alright. I chased her and her friends from down on this country road up a hill and onto this farmer's property. This is as close as she would let me get. Thanks for all your comments Lorraine!

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

One for the schoolbook! Perfect!

1 Apr 2008 4:56am

Betty from United States

Excellent! Usually they move away pretty quickly, nice capture!

1 Apr 2008 5:12am

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

That's the way I like my Turkey, running free :)
A brilliant shot of this very proud looking bird,

1 Apr 2008 7:01am

MJ from Delaware, United States

nicely done.. I know how hard it is to get close to turkeys... but it looks like this one posed for you.... great shot

1 Apr 2008 7:23am

Helen from Last night in Bangkok, Thailand

Looks as though he was posing for you! Nice shot. (I saw the title and expected to see a photo of a bottle!)

1 Apr 2008 7:54am

danthro from Suburbia, United States

great shot. i know most of it is feather, but man it looks fat! it looks so content i sort of hope it's not being raised to be eaten. ;)

1 Apr 2008 12:53pm

danthro from Suburbia, United States

that was a stupid comment i just made -- the title says 'wild'.

1 Apr 2008 12:54pm

@danthro: LOL I hate it when I do that. :0) There is a fence behind this bird but it was there not to keep the turkeys in. It was just a part of the farmers property. This turkey lead me on quite a chase. We first found him in the road. By the time I got out of the car he was heading into farmland! When I got this close he stopped and fluffed out his feathers as you see in this shot! Thanks for all your comments danthro!

vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Quebec, Canada

Great capture! They are slowly expanding their area, last week someone saw 6 in a field near our city.

1 Apr 2008 2:10pm

standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France

Superb capture. The feathers details are amazing!

1 Apr 2008 2:33pm

Still from France

Astonishing bird!

1 Apr 2008 3:09pm

Ina from Krugersdorp, South Africa

Whoooooa he is BIG!! Excellent shot!

1 Apr 2008 3:23pm

Gary from Cochise County, United States

Holy Moly, You win for sheer shock value. This is awesome.

1 Apr 2008 6:28pm

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

Ye gods they're ugly!! LOL But beautiful in their own right... You got a FABulous capture here, Craig!! Most definitely worth the jog to catch up with him.

1 Apr 2008 7:46pm

Betsy Barron from Glenmoore, United States

gobble gobble!

1 Apr 2008 8:18pm

Jen from Alpharetta, United States

Betsy stole my line LOL!!!!
Excellent capture!

1 Apr 2008 8:37pm

shiqi from Singapore, Singapore

cool shot! its really huge...

1 Apr 2008 8:39pm

Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada

Were you sipping Wild Turkey while shooting?

1 Apr 2008 10:26pm

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

Excellent detail. He looks all puffed up with pride!

2 Apr 2008 12:38am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Nice DOF.

2 Apr 2008 4:17pm

e. from New York, NY, United States

Wow, that's incredible! The feathers look wonderful in your shot.

3 Apr 2008 1:07am

Vikram from Chandler, United States

Thats a huge turkey!!!

3 Apr 2008 3:16am

Michael from Wuppertal, Germany

Nice chick! ;-)

3 Apr 2008 1:51pm

bronzebilly u.k. from Barry,Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom

Hey Craig...what a portrait,pal..!!...fantastic quality image dude..the feather detail is Ace ,pal...luvs it..luvs turkey..
Billy...

3 Apr 2008 6:04pm

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