Sorry I know this is a fishing website. But please if anybody has a idea what I could feed the wild turks in my back yard I would appreciate it very much.
I was thinking cracked corn any help?
Thanks everyone.
Ear corn would be just fine or shelled. The turkeys are pretty entertaining; but they can eat a lot and they’ll trample and crap everywhere.
dd
If it were legal i would tell you poison they are an infestation in southern MN! ive been watching them this winter chase the pheasants away from food sorces…. if the pheasants get within 20 yards the turkeys will charge them…. and i still dont understand why we can kill three pheasants a day and only one turkey a season when there are 10 to 20 times the turkeys than pheasants. 
and i still dont understand why we can kill three pheasants a day and only one turkey a season when there are 10 to 20 times the turkeys than pheasants.
Food plot vultures!! KILLL THEM ALL!!!
Whole corn is an excellent choice if you want to feed them. Cracked corn works good too but tends to get covered up quickly if it is snowing or blowing. I’ve found they also like alfalfa hay, strange as it might seem. They get right into it and eat the green leaves and flowers. The deer mop up the rest.
Supplemental feeding shouldn’t be taken lightly. It can have negative affects on other wildlife this time of year.
Come over to http://www.idohunting.com. Lots of knowledge over there. 
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Supplemental feeding shouldn’t be taken lightly. It can have negative affects on other wildlife this time of year.
Come over to http://www.idohunting.com. Lots of knowledge over there.
Great points Kooty. He’s right, lots of us discussing turkeys, feeding, and food plots over on the hunting side of IDO. Turkeys will travel good distance to target food, so careful planning needs to be undertaken to assure full supply for the entire winter no matter how many birds show up, open areas to feed where they’re least likely to be ambushed at the food source, and positioning such that they’re not crossing roads or other hazards that put them in further danger.
As an aside, please PM me the locations of all your “food plot vultures” that need a good “killin”. There’s lots of us in the state that consider hunting season to be in the spring of the year rather than the fall. Remember too that turkeys in MN are a native species that was nearly extirpated rather than all those ditch parrots from overseas. 
Don’t get me wrong, I love ’em both! Point is, be careful what you wish for. Winters like this with deep snow which came early results in nearly 60% mortality rates in wild turkeys where they have no access specifically to corn food plots.
Joel
Very well said Joel 
But essentially they’re bird, birds that feed mostly on the ground, you know they peck. They are like giant chickens in a sense. They’ll use their very powerful feet to scratch if you are in an area where wild turkeys have been foraging, especially if there is a lot of them in a flock the ground is often turned up where they’ve been scratching out seeds you know in the fall, or if there’s an area where there is a lot of bugs in the grass and so forth, you’ll see them sort of moving through as a troop you know pecking at grasshoppers and other small insects.
The wild turkeys and squirrels all clean up the acorns in my backyard. Now if I can just keep the squirrels out of my car air intakes…
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