Night of the evil Butterball(MA)

Gun Rights Examiner | 24 November, 2011 | David Codrea

[Darren McCarty]

I wouldn't mess with a turkey with my bare hands. I'd rather not take a couple dozen stitches or staples trying to break its neck. Most turkeys won't let you get that close to one to begin with unless Tom's very PO'ed for some reason. Cleaning them's a pain, but the wild turkey dinner is well worth it.

Rules are slightly different in suburbia, but that's more do with those who feed them, eliminating Tom, Jake, and Hen's fear of people. That's also where you have the aggression, and fear of them.

[thanatz]

I disagree about turkeys being wary but dumb, at least here in the People’s Republic of Massachusetts. They don’t seem to be particularly concerned about getting out of the way of cars as they amble across the street, and don’t often flee from leashed or invisible-fence hobbled dogs. I think they’re smart enough to know that, like illegal aliens, they’re a protected class of inhabitants, or at least smart enough to read the signs at my town’s borders saying “Firearm discharge prohibited within town limits.”

[trebb]

Been blessed by good reflexes, mental and physical. Can usually process initial input and decide whether to jump or to carry on. Comes in useful when things get "exciting". I believe my upbringing in the NRA and a lot of hunting have contributed.

Hope your Thanksgiving was a blessed event.