There are a few less turkeys in Maine to hunt this year. A few months ago, Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife in partnership with the National Wild Turkey Federation , captured and released more than 50 birds into East Texas with the hope of rebuilding their population. “Eastern turkeys are where the restocking efforts originally began,” explained Shawn Roberts, Director of Field Operations for the National Wild Turkey Federation, “We tried in the 1920’s but it didn’t work. We tried pen-raised birds and that didn’t work either. The only thing that was successful was to trap birds and relocate them to good habitat.” “We started this current effort in the early ‘80s and we had to begin looking outside the state to see if we could get them moved in. We didn’t want to violate The Lacey Act so we had to come up with a way to compensate the states that were giving up a resource either by trading other wildlife or paying them monetarily,” said Roberts. Texas is on the very edge o
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you drew a tag to go and hunt the rare and elusive wild american buffalo up in alaska?!?!?
ReplyDelete=) My best friend actually lives in Alaska, so how fund would that be? I would not do well in the Alaskan wilderness though. I bookmarked a few pages where Steven talks about freaking himself out and all of the things he thinks he is hearing... I could totally relate! and Im sure it would be worst. Good guess tho
DeleteYou're going to have a guest appearance on "Swamp People"..get that 'gator!!
ReplyDeleteMy intense fear of snakes keeps me out of the swamps- and Florida =)
ReplyDeleteYour gonna blog live from the Sportsman Show in Augusta!
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