Posted on 09/17/2012 4:38:29 PM PDT by don-o
After months of zero turkey activity, the feathered holiday animals have re-emerged and residents are urged to steer clear.
City Commissioner Clayton Stout said he’s already responded to a wild turkey sighting in the Regions Bank parking lot, near the Towne Acres community and as wildlife commissioner, he’s already made contact with the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency.
On Nov. 28, TWRA Officer Jeff Prater authorized the termination of two wild turkeys in the same Regions Bank location, which sparked a mixed debate on the fate of the birds.
This time around, Stout hopes to avoid that scenario altogether.
“We didn’t get into a lot of specifics as far as what (TWRA was) going to do, but bottom line is they were not going to do what they did in the past. There was going to be more of a concerted effort to relocate (the birds),” he said. “For me personally, I don’t want to see what happened last time and I’m just trying to work with the public and work with the wildlife agency as far as making sure that we’re in cooperation together.”
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“They usually hang together,” he said. “When I’ve seen a turkey, there’s usually about six together.”
“As they become more visible, more people will probably start to call,” he said. “It’s important that we don’t feed them because that was the problem initially, was that the turkeys became way too comfortable with people. Right now, from what I’m being told is these birds are ... wary of people. They try to stay away from people.”
He suggests that nearby residents and citizens spotting the birds pay them the same courtesy.
“One way the public can help is to keep us informed and also not to feed them,” Stout said.
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Of course, that might be because there are no liberals here.
Oh wait... maybe that's because of the attack turkeys.
This area of the Florida Panhandle Had just about all the wild turkeys hunted out for the last 30 years or so. I do remember my Father killing a big tom the day before Christmas around 1960.
The state game dept. reintroduced them a few years ago and they have made a remarkable comeback. Twice in the last month or so, I have seen somewhere around 15 to maybe 25 in a group.
They all appeared to be hens to me but there must be toms around.
Didn't matter what it was so long as it was blue, and if you tried to pick up or touch his blue "object of affection" he would attack.
did a wild turkey bite your sister
I prefer Wild Turkey Rare Breed.
Luckily, I was able to duck under one (I was riding my Ducati at the time) who decided to take off from one side of the road for their roosting trees on the other side near dusk a couple of years ago. Scared the heck out of me. It missed me by a couple of feet, but I have no doubt that hitting it (either with my bike or body) would have been a very bad thing.
Mark
I like your turkey!!!!
Oh wait... maybe that's because of the attack turkeys.
Mark
In the words of Groucho Marx, "Your blended friend."
Last spring, my dog, Dubbers, found a nest of turkey eggs out in the woods somewhere. - She kept showing up at the house with her big old mouth just full of turkey eggs, which she took off and ate before I could stop her. - Nature, I guess.
wild turkeys are delicious!!!(God made them out of turkey meat!!!
OMG the obama jokes just write themselves don't they? Bad taste...must walk away.
ya....I spent all weekend trying to kill one of these things....
Monday morning....
I agree....
Stay Away!
I live in central, rural Kentucky. Here we shoot and eat them. Lots of quality protein and VERY tasty.
I have the benefit of living on a small farm in a patch of about 9 acres of grass where nobody can see us. I can shoot turkey, deer, you name it, whenever I want.
I was driving back from band practice about an hour ago in the rain and hit a bunny the same time I saw a huge turkey just standing on the side of the road.
When we cut the hay here we sometimes come up on turkey nests. Apparently it is illegal to grab the eggs and have your chickens brood them.
Maybe you nailed why.
That’s a nice picture of Obama and Patrick Ewing!
Wild turkeys are part of our life in northern California. Some years ago we were showing Lake Tahoe to some friends from Chicago. We stopped at a table on the lake’s shore. Four turkeys saw us having lunch and decided to join us. As they came up to the table a large van loaded with people looking for a lunch spot pulled in and asked if we were about to leave. I said yes but they would have to give our friends something to eat. A lady in the group I think wanted to pull my/our leg(s) so she asked ‘Oh what are your friends names’. The question took me off guard for a couple of seconds. Then I responded by pointing at the geese in succession ‘that is Number One, that is Number Two, that is Number Three and that is Number Four.’ The entire bunch had a big laugh and I do believe the other group was feeding the birds by the numbers.
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