Subj : Re: Wild turkeys
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri May 23 2025 07:26:00

> I've never seen it much here, feeding them, but they seem to love
> eating the weeds growing in the grass. I don't know if they would
> prefer bread to that or not. Getting rid of the weeds seems a good
> thing but their droppings make a heck of a mess..

Canadians are probably smart enough not to start feeding them.  ;)  I would
much prefer that they eat the weeds.

> We are staying down where I mentioned but it looks like we will start
> to warm up some by next Monday, at least into the low 60's during
> the day but still under 50f at night. It should be a little warmer
> than that by now but it does reduce the black flies.. and usually
> a cool spring means a sudden jump into hot weather, and that can kill
> them off very quickly so you get a shorter season of them.

That is an interesting observation regarding the black flies.  Hope that
works out this year.  ;)

Mike


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