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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 2008
Page
24
The Mini Page explains wild turkeys natural habitat across the United States and parts of Canada and Mexico. They once declined due to habitat loss and hunting but conservation moved birds to new areas. Today wild turkeys are present in 49 states with males larger and distinctive feather colors.
The text describes farm turkeys larger than wild ones, with hens around 15 pounds and toms about 30 pounds. It notes 270 million turkeys on 8500 farms, raised in barns, not cages, with separate sexes, eggs per hen, feed of corn and soybeans, a 14 week growth span, and that only toms gobble.
The 1621 harvest feast near Patuxet taught corn growing to Pilgrims with Wampanoag help and a three day celebration including geese ducks and deer. Lincoln made the fourth Thursday a holiday in 1863 and Macy’s parade began in New York in 1924.
About 7 million wild turkeys roam the United States. States set fall seasons with hens or toms allowed and limits per hunter. Spring seasons follow breeding, allowing only toms to be hunted.
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