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Old 06-06-2020, 01:55 PM
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Default Wild Turkey sighting.
I saw this earlier today and thought I would share. It would be nice to see. I'm sure it must be a escapee or someone released the bird. What are the odds of it staying alive for long? I wonder if there were a few released with some kind of intention, or if the turkeys are maybe even being introduced.

By Athabasca today this woman captured a pic of this Merriam's wild turkey that had 11 chicks.

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Old 06-06-2020, 05:08 PM
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There's a tom somewhere.
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Old 06-06-2020, 06:07 PM
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Ah. Wrong thing, I was expecting something else when I opened this thread. Was going to say I saw some Wild Turkey on the shelves at the Beer Locker in Drayton today......
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Old 06-06-2020, 06:33 PM
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Some people have been releasing them for years in that area.
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Old 06-06-2020, 06:39 PM
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That’s a cool sighting. It would be nice to see these birds expand throughout Alberta. I’d imagine wintering in the porcupine hills is much different than in the Boreal.

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Old 06-06-2020, 07:07 PM
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Default The Porcupine Hills
Stock came from Cypress Hills originally.
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Old 06-06-2020, 09:32 PM
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Default Wild turkey
Last winter I saw 2 about 5 miles south of Strome.
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