Winthrop has a turkey problem

[Ridgeratt]

Winthrop city council is petitioning the wdfw to control the population

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[lewy]

Seems like a great opportunity to get the sportsman/youth involved

[Ridgeratt]

This could be a great side hussle for turkey jerky as a roadside business.

Let Johnny set up his blind in the mini mart lot.

[Longfield1]

I’d go up there with my bow and clean house for free. They wouldn’t even have to pay me.

[vandeman17]

Part of the problem is there are a lot of vacation houses up there where the people owning them complain about the turkeys in their yards but don't want them killed.... 

[Mtnwalker]

The spandex crowd loves to protect wildlife right up until it inconveniences them personally  imagine the burden they must endure whilst venturing from their vacation chalets

[MADMAX]

I’ve had great success on state land in the valley
Once you figure out their daily movements
Not hard to pattern

[Kingofthemountain83]

Seen about a hundred coming back from deer last year... Four different groups... All on private land...

[Ridgeratt]

You can find pasture maggots pretty much in any open field this time of year. Even in the residential areas of Spokane. I have close to that many in my pastures in the Springtime.  Behind St. Lukes there are lots of birds in the parking lots.

[Kingofthemountain83]

LOL! Best thing I've read in a while... Scroll down to the last 2 pages and read the story of why they want the turkeys gone...      $1500 for for a new window, carpet cleaning, and furniture sounds really cheap to me... Must've been old school single pane... Disrupting the firework show would be classic! I'd vote to keep the turkeys around for the entertainment factor alone! If I lived there and start a petition to keep them... The way it reads the WDFW will be in charge of the removal... No hunting will be taking place...

I've never seen these town turkeys... Haven't spent a bunch of time in Winthrop but deer hunt here and have "vacationed" quite a bit over the years...