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In 1952 the number of wild turkeys was estimated at 97,000. This year game managers believe that 1,250,000 roam 35 states. The birds are important enough to rate a National Wild Turkey Symposium, a meeting that in 1970 reached a raucous climax as dozens of wildlife biologists demonstrated their favorite turkey calls.
Hunters lure the shy birds by sounding keow, keow, keow, a flock’s assembly summons. Sometimes they imitate the female’s mating cry on a call made from the wing bone of a hen turkey.
Veteran turkey hunters fashion their own calls. A Virginian made his from a hollow wing bone attached to 12 inches of rubber tubing that fits into a homemade tin horn. It gobbles magnificently. Colorful Mating Ritual
The National Geographic Society’s book, “Water, Prey, and Game Birds of North America,” described the mating ritual of wild turkeys:
“A big male, chest padded with fat to sustain him through the weeks of display, stands in a forest opening and gobbles. Other toms come running, wattles gorged with blood, heads turned bright blue, white, and red with
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