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10. Have watched Florida wild turkeys for 40+ years. On the ground, they remain in flocks. Have

Thu Nov 27, 2025, 07:25 PM

Nov 27

never seen a flock take off and fly anywhere -- even when chased by a dog. They just run like crazy, disperse, and hop-fly to lower tree branches.

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Discuss: Can Turkeys fly? [View all] usonian Nov 27 OP

Depends on the turkey. paulkienitz Nov 27 #1

Looks wild usonian Nov 27 #2

Yes, but not if pushed out of a helicopter... haele Nov 27 #3

Wild turkeys roost in trees fargone Nov 27 #4

Wild turkeys do fly, but usually short flights to avoid predators. Enter stage left Nov 27 #5

Arthur Carlson, Herb Tarlek and Les Nessman xmas74 Nov 27 #6

Guess who's not coming for dinner. usonian Nov 27 #7

I've seen numerous H2O Man Nov 27 #14

In the northeast, H2O Man Nov 27 #13

Yes. H2O Man Nov 27 #11

We have a lot of wild turkeys in the Twin Cities chowmama Nov 27 #15

Wild turkeys can, domesticated (i.e. farmed) can't. Angleae Nov 28 #17

They definitely fly up into the trees to escape the dogs Unwind Your Mind Nov 28 #18

Flying turkeys KentuckyWoman Nov 28 #19

Every time Trump takes Air Force One DFW Nov 28 #20