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Washington - Wild turkeys, too, get nervous around Thanksgiving.
Unlike their domestic cousins, the wild birds stand a chance to escape the dining table. Frustrated hunters claim the wild turkey has radar vision, sonar hearing, and jet speed.
In one turkey season in Wisconsin, 1,100 hunters beat the woods and bagged a grand total of 18 birds. As an old Indian saying goes, “Any brave can kill a deer; it takes a chief to kill a turkey.”
Just a few years ago, the unsuccessful hunter could blame a shortage of birds, but the turkeys have made a remarkable comeback, the National Geographic Society says. Turkeys Were Plentiful
When the Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving in 1621, they drew on a “great store of wild Turkies.” William Wood, an early Massachusetts colonist wrote, “Sometimes there will be forty, three-score, and a hundred in a flock.”
The great store was not destined to continue. Overshooting, clearing of open woodlands, and a loss of staple food by chestnut blight drove the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) from its original northeastern range.
Stocking, managed hunting, and habitat improvement have helped bring the bird back. In the West it has become established beyond its former range.
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