Turkey sight

[David Schroeder]

Do turkeys see color?

[Rufus 25]

Yep... turkeys have wonderful eyesight.

[ripstik]

Turkeys see everything.They got them big ole eyes....LOL

[David Schroeder]

Will turkeys spook if I put flouresent orange flagging near my decoy?

[ripstik]

Sorry,but why would you want to do that? I think a waving flag of any kind would spook them.

[MJB]

David,
Yes they see color very well. Myself I would not place the orange near your decoy. If your concerned about other hunters. I would place it near your calling location.

[KentuckyTJ]

you bet, you better have camo nocks.

[mrpenguin]

Set up in front of a tree and if you see another hunter, vigorously wave, but avoid ALL unnatural colors when turkey hunting... hell avoid blinking if you can  

[David Schroeder]

Going to get a couple of decoys..Im very excited,never got a turkey with a bow.My Hoyt #55 GM is very well tuned with mangas heads.season starts here in NM April 15th. Bag limit is 2 turkeys in certin areas,with a secound tag!

[Charles Sorrells]

I would suggest you avoid waving to get someone's attention...people shoot at movement.  Rather speak clearly and let them know you are there.  If it spooks the turkey, so be it, you will not be injured and live to hunt again.

If you want to incorporate orange; tie a ribbon on a tree branch or around the tree trunk above your calling position.  It doesn't hurt to tie one on top of your blind either if you feel the need to signal your location to others.

[ron w]

I was told when I first started hunting Turkey that they could see a wedding band at 50 yards,I wear gloves all the time. They are amazing critters, odd color or movement.....they are GONE!!!!!!!

[sj_lutz]

Great vision and the survival instincts to go along with it.

Still amazes me how well a pop-up blind works on them.  Gotta figure that at some point in the not to distant future they'll start to get wise; kinda like some areas where deer walk looking in the trees for the most part.

[WVeer]

If they could smell like they see..............you would never kill one  :eek:

[Dave Thaxton]

They even have eyes in the back of their head  :D

[JC]

I'm not sure...never been able to get close enough to one to tell  

[Chris Shelton]

I would put it around a tree by ya or something.  I get why you would want to do that.  I get nervous when I use mine on public land.  That is why I dont use a tom or even a jake decoy.  But I would say that as long as the orange whatever isnt moving, it should be fine.  I got within 15 yards of some this fall with orange on.  It was fall turkey and muzzleloader season.  And even then things didnt work out, didnt have a shot when they were in close, eneded up taking a long shot!  Good luck this season!

[shadman]

They see color very well. As was said above, it's a good thing that they can't smell or we'd never kill one.

[Chris Shelton]

If you add a good sense of smell, and hearing to a turkey you have a coyote  

[NorthernCaliforniaHunter]

They've got a "third eye" too and can sense when there's trouble. Uncanny, really.

[wapiti792]

Most of that walnut sized brain of theirs is optic nerve...those critters have a pair of 10-power binocs on a perisope that can stretch around trees to eyeball you. Heck yes they can see color plus pick out movement better than any critter in the woods.