We went from a special drawing with about 60 tags issued per season in two hunting districts, to over-the-counter sale of tags. Still very few takers. Mainly bowhunters, 'cause it's good practice, and they still present a challenge with a bow in the early fall.
I'm waiting for them to put up a "Turkey Xing" sign on that road!
Lucky you! My new snow blower got it's first road test yesterday. I'll tell you, a snow blower is to a snow shovel as a rototiller is to a spading fork!!!
They can actually get aggressive once they've become "civilized". If you have a half-dozen of them trying to steal food from the the pet dish on the back porch, they take exception when you try to remove it!
Gives a whole other meaning to "my neighbor is a turkey!". Hahaha!
Yes! I hunted pheasants every year with my family as a boy. I've seen ONE ring-neck here in ten years!We have the corn fed variety around here, but like in your area, there aren't many besides bowhunters that go after them anymore. My neighbor hates them because they crap all over his patio. I'd rather that we had an excess of ringnecks rather than the gobblers myself......they are the ones that have gotten scarce
It's not that they taste "gamey" really. They are just tough, with no fat. We raise our own chickens and broad breast domestic turkeys. I'd say our wild turkeys would compare to an old hen chicken that's ready for the stew pot.I saw a flock of about 20 a few days ago on the way to town, in a field along the road.
It's a shame they taste gamy out your way, since there's so many of em!
PMZ