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Re: WEST SIDE BIRDS?
« Reply #30 on: May 01, 2009, 03:46:27 PM »
The turkeys in north bend are not from game farm stock.  They were wild when released. 

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Re: WEST SIDE BIRDS?
« Reply #31 on: May 01, 2009, 03:51:16 PM »
I never seen a wild turkey in north bend :dunno:
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Re: WEST SIDE BIRDS?
« Reply #32 on: May 01, 2009, 04:54:57 PM »
The turkeys in north bend are not from game farm stock.  They were wild when released. 

Well...yes wild, sorry I forgot where they came from. However they had to be somewhat tamed down from constant baiting then trapped by someone and moved, and since release in North Bend I'm sure have been neighborhood fed.  So technically not game farm birds, but tamed down Merriam's being tamed even more.  Not what I would consider truly wild at this point. 
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Re: WEST SIDE BIRDS?
« Reply #33 on: May 01, 2009, 06:52:24 PM »
My only "Eastern bird" was taken in an area designated by the NWTF as a Hybrid zone of Easterns and Rios in Eastern Kansas last year.  So my journey for my first Eastern will be taking me to the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee next week!  It is the last weekend of their season and the birds are getting..................difficult to lure in gun range!   Will let you know how I fared when I get back.   :dunno:
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Re: WEST SIDE BIRDS?
« Reply #34 on: May 01, 2009, 06:56:36 PM »
Well...yes wild, sorry I forgot where they came from. However they had to be somewhat tamed down from constant baiting then trapped by someone and moved, and since release in North Bend I'm sure have been neighborhood fed.  So technically not game farm birds, but tamed down Merriam's being tamed even more.  Not what I would consider truly wild at this point. 
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Not sure I agree:
Guess you havent ever been to the kettle falls,colville, linclon co areas in nov-feb.  Seems that almost all turkeys eat somesort of grain at some point.  Guess all turkeys are tame.  

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Re: WEST SIDE BIRDS?
« Reply #35 on: May 01, 2009, 09:41:33 PM »
Oh, over the years I've been there a lot more than a few times during the fall.  What I was referring to is that those North Bend birds are probably spending most of their time in proximity to neighborhoods and show the same tolerance of people year round, unlike the NE birds, including the ones up there looking for a handout during the winter or being fed, who disperse in the spring and act completely different the rest of the year. 

No, not all turkeys are tame.  Not sure what your point is.  If you want to believe those birds being fed in North Bend are wild, or that all turkeys that are opportunists in the winter are tame, be my guest.....you're welcome to your opinion.
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