hawk goes for turkey poult and turkey goes for hawk 

@@jamesgeorge5276 yea it was a hen and she was after that hawks ass

@@michaelyork7844 the hawk had her young impaled in it's talons and it was brazenly mocking the mother for poor parenting. It's no wonder she was up in arms - RIP little one.

@@cahillgreg don't be a turkey! Everyone of those babies were important to her .I counted six or seven of them.

@@cahillgreg Missed it. Never would have been able to take off with that trajectory with prey. Can't blame the hawk. More than a little distracting to get your ass dive bombed the second you hit your prey.

cahillgreg there wasn't a baby in it's talons. At 0:35 you can't see anything in it's grasp. Might have to pause multiple times to get a better look but the babies lived another day, or another hour until something else tries to grab one again.

Why did it attack a crow?

On our way to my grandpas house one year I've seen a group of turkeys roosting in a tree. On our way back they weren't there anymore.

Joe M the crow most likely tried to steal a chick or eat her eggs if she had any. Crows are known to raid nests for both.

It's time people started to love and respect these ancient and wise birds.

They are more agile than people realize , they can fly around 50 mph through fairly heavily wooded areas , dodging trees . They're a lot smarter than what they are given credit for . She saw that and was being proactive before the hawk knew it . I lived/worked on a turkey farm most my young & adult years & know their behavior quite well . In the beginning of the clip you'll notice she keeps looking up in the air, that's because she had already spotted that hawk and was keeping an eye on him, that's why she led the chicks to the tall weeds and then waited for him to make his move, probably from a high branch above the poults, would be the best guess.. Basically, you just saw a hawk get outfoxed by a turkey . She pretty much baited the hawk to deal with it on her terms rather than try and defend against the inevitable sneak attack lol the turkey baited the hawk . I don't know if you saw it or not a lot of people missed it but she was already chasing him from the air when the hawk hit the weeds, she's right behind him & on him, he didn't have time to do anything but get out of there while he could more or less try and grab a poult . A hawk is no match for an adult turkey, especially on the ground ! This is absolutely fantastic footage . Quite a bit of serendipity. I hope this goes viral it's a good example of how turkeys are nowhere near as a dumb as the stereotypes make them out to be . Ask anyone who hunts wild Turkey and they will tell you that that is one of the most challenging animals to hunt . Good eyes good ears they're quick and agile more so than one believe and they are smarter than people think they are.

That's what I had to go back and look at numerous times. That was the part that impressed me the most.

Not many caught that. The sentinel turkeys are usually male or an alpha hen. Sneaky birds or smarter than they appear. And the turkey was right behind the hawk. They're fast and aggressive in nature. And can grow quite mean in captivity.

Good catch, looked at it again and it was a second turkey that went for the hawk.

Was the Turkey hunting the hawk it was on it's a

We don't have turkeys around our place so I haven't the foggiest who this second turkey is: that second turkey isn't a gobbler, it's too thin, tail is wrong, obviously a hen, so is she a yearling that hangs around or do multiple females flock up, or what?

Oh man, if we make that mistake to nap, we have birds come steal food, water bottles, then act like we were in the wrong for being outside. But when they go to a neighbors let themselves in their dog pen they panic and forget they can fly. I can't tell you how many times ive waded through waist high Briars tossed one over a fence and had to wait on them to decide to jump. Mine can easily jump 12 ft without flapping a wing. The turkeys about 4ft because they are chunky lol

Bruh... Try waking up to a Great Blue Heron 5' away barking like a Rottweiler for your morning alarm!!!

I was lying prone on the the ground during a sniper course (we had been active for 72hrs at that stage) where we could only use local vegetation to camo up. I was on my spot for about 4hrs waiting for spotters, situated about 800mtrs on high ground, to try and locate me. A call came in my earpiece giving my location reference. I opened coms and asked how I was visible. The reply was "there's a fox sniffing your boots".

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@@DDCCO61 LoL 🤣 bad break good camo 🤣

Wow we had turkeys ,when i as little, I was terrified of the male i was like 6 and he kick my ass everytime i went out by my self. That is what i remember haha

Maria I bet you really enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner after that experience. Lol

@@remopiccioni9456 😁😆 we move out f there and never got to eat him, raising turkeys in the tropic is very difficult, but when I move to the usa oh yeahhh! Even do is not the same guy lol

Maybe one ate her babies 😢

@@sharoncourt75 my g'ma had one like that. My aunt told me I stopped him, I didn't remember that part, so I ask her how...she said I clocked him in the head with a stick. It was self defense!

gotta get out of the tent more !

over 50 years hunting huh? How many animals you killed? Just chill eh, I think you murdered enough. Eat some plants. Maybe let animals live and do their thing

That doesnt seem unusual. Now if you said you farmed turkeys for 50 years and never seen anything like it then that would be a other story

I seen a flock of turkeys gang up on a bobcat in south Texas. The cat ran off after a few seconds of of battle

@@ghfjhloudz7607 brainlet comment

Was looking for this comment... they were awesome

They get upset about hawks, too.

Heckle and Jeckle no doubt

Have you never watched Disney's "Dumbo"? Crows never stop talking.

Ha ha, I thought the crows outside my house were cawing, not on the video.

I was amazed the first time I witnessed their speeds. I saw three hens run across a field towards the Brazos river, fly across it, and land at a dead sprint.

I shot one and plopped on the ground. I was going put another arrow in him but he got up and ran. He was out running me until one of his legs broke off. My arrow had shot a big hole through him and most of one his legs. He was still able to out run me in my prime when i was running a 4.4 in the 40 with almost severed leg.

Les Nessman I almost forgot him and that Rádio Station TV Show W.K.R.P cool thanks

'Domestic' turkeys can't fly. Their wings are clipped soon after hatching.

@@Na-if5ze Their body weight won't let them fly, also.

The fine, fine reporting of Les Nessman!

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Lmao as they should be

My dog learned the hard way..she bout got clapped had I not screamed..

We had chickens growing up too; it was always the same, game hen that kept going to the neighbors' yard to lay eggs in her lil hideout until they hatched; she used to go dickey-bobo behind them babies, 😁😁😁😁

Where I live the turkeys are fearless. They won't budge for cars and will even try to attack the cars.

glad to know that heritage breeds can fly. thank you : bourbons are beautiful birds.

So true! I will never forget when I was a little girl in Puerto Rico we came across a mother hen with about 15 baby chicks following her single file. I asked my mom if I can have a baby chick and my mom said that I wouldn’t be able to get near them. I decided to reach for the last one on the line, I figured the hen wouldn’t notice it. Boy was I wrong! That mother hen grew into a giant and chased after me. When I went back to my mom she explained to me that no matter how many children a mother has, she will ALWAYS know if one was missing. What a valuable lesson I learned that day about a mother’s tenacity and love.

Geese are to be referred to as "cobra chickens" as far as I am concerned. Turkeys can be mean. Ducks can inflict a surprising amount of pain and chickens can't be trusted. Domesticated peasants from Asia get psychotic and try to kill whatever gets in their cage. They're all dangerous but tasty in a creamy sauce.

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@@darrellcook8253 🤣 So very true!!!

Rumours are the hawk trying get the video off of You tube🤣🤣

If you remember correctly from your history Benjamin Franklin wanted the national bird to be the wild turkey

@@vanferrell7021 Yes, I remember. I wish we would have taken Ben's suggestion. Thanks.

@@chipkyle5428, the country of Turkey 🇹🇷 would’ve been pissed!

@@ib4ugod45-1 I don't think there's actually a country called turkey back then LOL I believe it would have been part of the Ottoman empire

@@Mr.CliffysWorld Although, my comment above was in jest… 😊 …you are absolutely correct! Turkey was founded in 1923. That’s after the USA was founded. The American bald eagle, was adopted by Congress on June 20, 1782.

@@b.b.4831 Thanks B.B. That put a smile on my face. And I needed one!🙂

Wow you saw all that I saw 👀 two black shades

Wow, I don’t even care if you have a J.D., I want you as my lawyer!!

Thank you I had no idea what was going on, I was like why are there two hawks?

@@Yossarian921 You're welcome! It was fun breaking down all the action.

wild turkey can fly because they are not overweight.

@@JohnnyjohnJ I grew up on Turkey farm domestic turkeys can fly also just not near as as far and not as fast and not as high.

Hens can fly very well! Large toms jump and fall with style 🤣

Pheasants and turkeys use the same flight modes along with quail to a certain extent. They're adapted for flying through a high speed obstacle course known as the forest and meadow land. High speed and maneuverability between branches protects them from predators too. And they can outrun you. I studied pheasants when I lived in Santa Rosa during the early 60s. We had a large flock of them.

My friends aunt had a farm with a little oak forest and they had wild turkeys that were kind of tame and stayed on the farm. Every night at sunset they all flew up into the oak trees like airplanes they would take a running start from the lawn by the house and glide up into the top of the trees.

You just ruined it for me I gotta stop coming down to the comment section ...why did this bother me? Maybe because of how corny it came across. I dont know. Chime in, what do you see that I cant

@@satyro8186 nothing really corny about it. it was a girl turkey who protected her poult. If you're that bothered by random comments, ya probably should stay out of it.

@Saty Rout That’s EXACTLY how I felt after reading the comment too. Wow. I was shocked when someone else felt the same way. Ha! The comment kinda took the fun away for some reason.

@@satyro8186 don’t do that, watch the video then comment because some people can’t hold surprises. Don’t be too upset, watch the video first before the comments ♥️

@@satyro8186 universe is telling you uncle that you're evolving into a boomer

Sentinel turkeys are usually a tom or alpha hen. They are watching you and you don't even know it when you're in turkey country. And they constantly scan the sky. It could make you paranoid if you think about it too much.

@@darrellcook8253 I grew up around turkeys back in My country Dominican Republic but out there they don't have predators like this, so i never got to see in person these type of actions from them . It's impresive , i've seen how they act when trying protect the babies from Humans and any oder regular animal but hawks or another animal that tried to actually eat their offsprings not really.

Best episode of the show

@@Astro_touches_children yep, it was. I really liked that show

Tame turkey hens can fly a little.

Definitely one of their funniest episodes ever. Poor Les.

Mr Carlson, not Les...

Crows are the welfare recipients of the bird world

Lol Trump lost

@@vogelvogeltje don't know what the f*** you're talking about and how this relates to the video but okay if you want to be a little p**** about it and Trump didn't lose there was all kinds of evidence the other way that suggested this whole thing was rigged unless you think it's okay to keep bringing in votes 4 days after the election's over in that case I had invite you to go live in a country that practice is communism on a daily basis he would fit right in just as long as you're not a pillow biter or a black person

That's their "neighborhood watch". They keep an eye on the hawk ready to mob it if it threatens their nests.

@@vogelvogeltje You enjoying that inflation yet? Just feels so great paying an extra $30 a week at the gas pump, huh? Those lockdowns were amazing huh, with all the increased suicides, crimes, and job losses? FJB

The hawk knew already, but a hawk's gotta do what a hawk's gotta do. No danger, no food.

Yup. When another bird is harassing and threatening the lives of your babies, you better be quick or there won't be anymore babies.

I’m a big fan of wild turkey. 101

Crazy to think at one point they were hunted to near extinction. A reassuring example that we always have the capacity to fix the messes we make.

@@atlf3357 have you seen the animals roaming America now?

@@Bbender690 yeah, they’re everywhere. Bipedal, noisy, reckless creatures that pollute their environment and construct massive dwellings

@@Bbender690 Yes. They usually have neon colored hair along with dozens of tattoos and piercings. They also have trouble deciding if they want to be boys or girls and seem to like hammers and sickles a lot.

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Wow

They can run 25 mph. They can launch vertically 50 to 60 feet accelerating all of the way. They have been clocked at 50 mph flying. They don't fly for very long because they don't have to. Pheasants and quail are awesome too.

They roost in tree tops every night. Very good at flying.

Oh, roosters can get so aggressive against threats! It is their role and sometimes can give their life on it.

Slowing the video to 25% you can clearly see the hawk came away empty taloned....

@@myguitardetective5961 He TRIED to get the poult, he just wasn''t given the chance.

@@emilyelizabethbuchanan998 You're absolutely correct!

Domestic turkeys are bigger. Wild turkeys have less body weight and have better power-to-weight ratio than domestic turkeys.

I have huge sand hill cranes and one egret in my yard daily. Herons in the field behind. Much bigger than turkeys and they fly.

@@pinschrunner Yes, they do. I don't know what that has to do with this. Wild turkeys don't 'fly' like that either. They have amazing height and duration for short spurts but they don't 'fly' like an egret or heron. Geese are very large birds and they fly. Turkeys don't. Different birds, not the same thing.

@@AllynHin because the original comment that we are supposedly replying to mentions SIZE of the turkey being the reason he thought they couldn't fly. Look up

@@pinschrunner I did look up, smartalec. That's why it looked like your post was replying to a response, not the OP. If I was mistaken, you don't have to be a jacka$$ about it.

Crush did his job. He was "the man" yes rip

A full blown rooster will kill a hawk if the hawk is stupid enough to fight. It doesn't take very long either. They have claws, spurs and a stabbing type of beak. A hawk will load up its beak with feathers while the rooster is stabbing it everywhere.

A few scattered fruit trees and I see my version of heaven. It's so clean like it is.

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Lol

Like farm kids, and city kids?

Aw that's kind of sad. They should have more national animals

Cool. Although peacocks would have annoyed the HOA's more. 😁👍

@@grmpEqweer Where I use to live on the west coast, there was a few neighborhoods in the outlying areas that had peacocks. They use to roost at night in the pine trees and then glide out of them. Sometimes their glide would be a block long.

Yes, seem like good dudes. Last year I saw a hawk with a baby chick and its claws. The mother Thrasher was trying to skydive the hawk to know avail but they were several crows in the area who tried to free the chick even though it was a different species. As a sidenote crows remember people who’ve been mean to them versus those who have been kind to them. And apparently they have very long memories and are able to communicate to each other which humans were/are egregious

@@poppa1050 I camp and the crows know me. The head honcho brought me a gift, a bone. It doesn't get better than that. Also saw how 3 worked together to try a trick a coopers hawk to his death. The last minute the hawk figured it out. I wouldn't have believed such intricate plan by birds unless I saw it. Thank you 👽

@@heidimattson6775 yes, but Heaven help us if they develop opposing thumbs. I’m kidding, mostly

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They are definitely interesting to watch. I began feeding them in my new residence. It's become the thing I enjoy more than everything else.

We do have those Chihuahuan ravens though.

@@brushwolf nice. I just researched that bird. It doesn't make its way down here. Thanks for replying back.

What part of "South Texas" though? I live in Central Cameron county and have seen one here. They are very common along hwy 100 to SPI, and along the lower Laguna. They appear absent in Hidalgo co. but once you hit Starr and head north along the Rio Grande they become common again into the Cotulla area.

To eat?

Genetically , chickens are about 40 years ahead of turkeys in selective breeding. Speaking of domestic turkeys and chickens , of course .

I'm guessing the chick died

@@elithluxe7568 Yes, unfortunately. It was a brave attempt, but kites are master flyers

@@riazhassan6570 that's sad. Things like kites and balloons are really harmful to the environ too because they end up in the ocean. People shouldn't be letting go of it. I can only imagine how many animals it killed

@@elithluxe7568 Yes. But I think some ambiguity has crept in. Actually, what we call a ‘kite’ is a big, hawk-like bird, more of a scavenger, but also a hunter of opportunity. It is common in South Asia. I was not referring to the flying toy.

Quite possibly. A big mature Tom could whoop a hawk if it didn't get hit from behind quick.

Let's go, Brandon!!

I slowed it down to .25 speed and the hawk flies away with nothing so I think all the babies were safe... also u aren't a cat so I'd say u r safe from flying predators

@@e-reptiledysfunction2243 It upset me a lot when I saw the manner my cats died..... And no....I never implied I was a cat !!

Cats shouldnt be left outside unattended. They kill too much. Cats kill for fun and can decimate native species. Keep your cats indoors. Thats YOUR fault.

If everybody let their cats roam free all native species would be in decline. Ppl overbreed and then just toss them outside and boom certain species in that area no longer call that area home.

@@btnhstillfire your description of cats sounds a lot like humans