In a March 22 blog about turkey hunting, I mentioned that many of the turkeys used to re-stock Arkansas were trapped at Brandywine Island, just across the river from Memphis.
But they obviously didn’t trap them all.
In fact, they may need to go back and trap some more.
Check out these recent trail cam photos of Brandywine turkeys. They’re absolutely unbelievable.
Rod and Brenda Alexander and the folks who work at Brandywine practice supplemental feeding year-round. That means they keep feeders full of whole kernel corn and other stuff like soybeans.
Sometimes they get pictures of gigantic whitetail deer. Sometimes it’s raccoons and possums.
These two photos showed awesome groupings of eastern wild turkeys.
If I could choose one place in the Mid-South to hunt, Brandywine Island would be first on my list. President’s Island would be a close second. And Ames Plantation would be next.
I’ve been lucky enough to hunt turkeys a couple of times at Ames, but I never saw turkeys like these.
These are some great pics.
in The Great Outdoors
Responses to “Brandywine turkeys caught on camera”
March 25th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Brandywine has some impressive wildlife. I’ve seen the deer pix. It says much about the right kind of game management.
March 25th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
I was actually lucky enough to get the grand tour of the island once. It’s a beautiful place, and you never know what might cross the road in front of you. Brenda cooked some soup that day that I still have cravings for sometimes. Great wildlife and good food usually make for a pretty decent day.
March 27th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Hey Bryan;
There are more wild turkeys at Fitch Farms in Holly Springs Ms.,even after the ms.wildlife &
game management people caught a bunch of them
last year, than you will find anywhere else.
March 28th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Charlie, I’ll bet there are a lot of hunters in the Mid-South who would volunteer to get rid of those turkeys for you! I hope it’s a good season.
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