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comorants / water turkey #11872973 10/10/16 03:09 AM
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In everyone's opinion which lake in Texas has the biggest population of comorants/water turkey?


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Re: comorants / water turkey [Re: Firemedic Reed] #11873024 10/10/16 03:43 AM
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You know you can't eat them thangs James? There's a bunch over here but probably not the most. some of the guys do fish the trees under them though.

Re: comorants / water turkey [Re: Firemedic Reed] #11873049 10/10/16 04:41 AM
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Tawakoni sure has its share


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Re: comorants / water turkey [Re: kodys'papa] #11873123 10/10/16 11:43 AM
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Last couple years they have exploded IMO and this last year some stayed all year never left


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Re: comorants / water turkey [Re: Firemedic Reed] #11873332 10/10/16 02:30 PM
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Livingston has to be in the top 5 of the rankings if not number 1.

The cormorants prefer shad and Livingston is loaded with shad every year.

Amazingly, the most damaging cormorants I've ever seen were down along the shoreline of the Bay of Campeche. The mangroves there are actually "bleached" white with cormorant excrement and many are dead. Looks like the very same bird we have here. Unbelievable.

Re: comorants / water turkey [Re: reel believer] #11873410 10/10/16 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted By: reel believer
You know you can't eat them thangs James? There's a bunch over here but probably not the most. some of the guys do fish the trees under them though.


It sure helll don't taste like a turkey but I've eaten them before. Back when me and my dad was riding out Hurricane Ellisa back in the 80. We were stuck on the Bolivar peninsula with no food. Commrant tasted really good to us back then. Don't know about now thou ? TPWD should make it legal to hunt these birds to keep their numbers down. I don't see why we can eat wild game bird and not these birds. You never know untill you tasted it. I think well seasoned cooked would taste like any other gamey birds.

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Re: comorants / water turkey [Re: Firemedic Reed] #11873893 10/10/16 08:02 PM
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They need standing timber and lots of bait. Find the lake with the most of those 2 things and u prob have a winner!!!!


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Re: comorants / water turkey [Re: Firemedic Reed] #11874009 10/10/16 09:09 PM
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I vote livingston
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Re: comorants / water turkey [Re: MightyMike] #11874116 10/10/16 10:16 PM
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We get a ton of them at Arrowhead. I have never seen an animal constantly carp for hours on end like they can. If you are on a lake and find them sitting on white logs, you will catch plenty of catfish.

Re: comorants / water turkey [Re: Firemedic Reed] #11874288 10/11/16 12:33 AM
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Any bird that eats fish taste terrible, but I still think we should kill as many as possible.

They are the wild pigs of the air.


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