Wild Turkeys

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Originally Posted by GT182

Be careful tho as they can and will attack you, and beat you half to death with their wings....
Until one of the other guys with us put the bird out of it's and everyone else's misery.

I'll drink to that! Ol' ben franklins first choice for the 'national bird' Given this year election: I couldn't agree more:

Franklin's Letter to His Daughter (excerpt)
"For my own part I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen the Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead Tree near the River, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the Labour of the Fishing Hawk; and when that diligent Bird has at length taken a Fish, and is bearing it to his Nest for the Support of his Mate and young Ones, the Bald Eagle pursues him and takes it from him.
"With all this Injustice, he is never in good Case but like those among Men who live by Sharping & Robbing he is generally poor and often very lousy. Besides he is a rank Coward: The little King Bird not bigger than a Sparrow attacks him boldly and drives him out of the District. He is therefore by no means a proper Emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America who have driven all the King birds from our Country... "I am on this account not displeased that the Figure is not known as a Bald Eagle, but looks more like a Turkey. For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America... He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on."

They inhabit the hills around NAPA and every morning at 07:20 they cross a mountain roadway at the same time in a column of about 60 or so; on of my techs, a mighty hunter never has any luck during turkey season so I piss him off with a text photo of the great

“crop”, “dole”, “gang”, “posse”, and/or “raffle"

of turkeys depending on where U hail from...