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Did you know that Benjamin Franklin wanted The wild turkey to be the United States National bird to be the Wild turkey. The wild turkey was voted to be the United States bird, But the bald eagle was voted more. The wild turkey is a game with lots of challenge. The Wild turkey is challenging Because of its eyesight. Also, it is challenging because of it experience. Lastly, it is challenging because of the hens. In conclusion, Wild turkeys are very challenging.

Turkeys senses are amazingly strong. Wild turkeys eyes can see very long ways. When you go hunting you have to wear camo because the turkeys can't see you if you sit on a tree and are wearing camo. They have so good eyesight I blinked and the turkey spooked. Acording to http://www.allaboutbirds.org, Gobblers strut to impress the lady turkeys. They stay in groups in the winter to stay warm Acording to http://www.allaboutbirds.org, Gobblers strut to impress the lady turkeys. They stay in groups in the winter to stay warm. Wild turkeys can hear very well and long distances. Wild turkeys can hear at least a mile away and can hear a gobble at least two miles away. Turkeys travel in flocks and search on the ground for nuts, berries, insects, and snails. They use their strong feet to scratch leaf litter out of the way. http://www.allaboutbirds.org. The turkeys eyesight is good, but their experience extraordinary.

The wild turkey's experience is unbeatable. The turkeys have skills that can tell what's right to eat. They eat insects, but if they eat poison ivy. Wild turkeys roost, or sleep, in trees, often as high as 50 feet off the ground. http://www.smokymountainnews.com. Turkeys live mostly in the middle of the fields. Acording to http://www.smokymountainnews.com/, Turkeys roost in trees very high during the night and stay up there for a long time in the morning and they fly down at about 8:00. They stay in tall grass fields to hide from us. Their experience is good but the hens attract the gobblers.

The wild turkeys hens are pretty and have babies with them. The hens are very pretty because the shine. Their feathers reflect off of the sun. The gobblers see long distances and see bright lights. They puff up their body feathers, flare their tails into a vertical fan, and strut slowly while giving a characteristic gobbling call, http://www.allaboutbirds.org They strut to impress the hens. The hens have babies follow them. The gobblers pick on the young ones. They beat them up so they can have the hens. According to nighthawkpublications.com, Gobblers strut and look for a hen and goes to the strut zone where the hens are. All in all, turkeys are the most challenging animal to hunt.

Dou you think a deer is more challenging? Do you think the wild turkey will get more challenging or less challenging? Do you think turkeys will decrease or increase? You can hunt turkeys and deer because they are in different seasons. You need to to be very sneaky while hunting turkeys. So how would you take your approach on hunting wild turkeys?

First a little basic information about the wild turkey. Wild Turkey Fact #1: The wild turkey has telescopic eyesight. In otherwords, the wild turkey can see much better than humans and see detail more clearly of smaller items than any other game.

Last time, I was talking about the senses of wild turkeys. On the subject of turkey's eyesight, I mentioned 3 ways to handle the UV brighteners in most hunting clothes. Bright Blue Blob The issue of UV brighteners has been with us for several years.

Learn how to identify Wild Turkey, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos. Most North American kids learn turkey identification early, by tracing outlines of their hands to make Thanksgiving cards. These big, spectacular birds are an increasingly common sight the rest of the year, too, as flocks stride around woods and clearings like miniature dinosaurs.

The turkey was Benjamin Franklin's choice for the United States's national bird. The noble fowl was a favored food of Native Americans. When Europeans arrived, they made it one of only two domestic birds native to the Americas-the Muscovy duck shares the distinction.

Wild Turkey nests are made in the ground. A shallow depression is lined with leaves and covered up with and other plants. Ten to fifteen eggs are laid. Eggs are light brown, with black and dark brown spots. The female will sit on the eggs for a month are more.

The domestic, farm-raised turkey most Americans eat on Thanksgiving Day is nothing like the wild turkey feasted on by the Pilgrims and Native Americans. And with that big turkey meal approaching, here are a few facts about the tasty game bird chosen as the main course for the original feast: * Wild turkeys, now numbering nearly 7 million, were almost extinct in the early 1900s.

Historical Perspective In the early 1900s, wild turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo) populations declined significantly throughout the United States, due to habitat destruction and unregulated subsistence hunting. In 1935, the Virginia Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit initiated a research effort on wild turkey restoration.