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Title: Return of the Wild Turkey (1970)
Post by: 357MAGNOLE on February 21, 2016, 07:43:35 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOJQnlDidzs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOJQnlDidzs)

Anyone seen this video? Its old school for sure.
Title: Return of the Wild Turkey (1970)
Post by: Satellitehunter on February 21, 2016, 10:01:49 PM
Great video. I love those old  outdoor documentaries especially on turkey's 


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Title: Re: Return of the Wild Turkey (1970)
Post by: OldSchool on February 22, 2016, 10:07:26 AM
I hadn't seen that, thank you. :icon_thumright:

I can remember our DEC stocking birds here in the late 70's and the posters on fence posts along a backroad that read $500.00 reward for info leading to the arrest of anybody messing with them. I wish I had one of those signs.

Bob
Title: Re: Return of the Wild Turkey (1970)
Post by: 357MAGNOLE on February 22, 2016, 10:50:02 AM
I know where one is. It's old and in a old game check shack
Title: Re: Return of the Wild Turkey (1970)
Post by: M Sharpe on February 22, 2016, 11:07:49 AM
Quote from: OldSchool on February 22, 2016, 10:07:26 AM
I hadn't seen that, thank you. :icon_thumright:

I can remember our DEC stocking birds here in the late 70's and the posters on fence posts along a backroad that read $500.00 reward for info leading to the arrest of anybody messing with them. I wish I had one of those signs.

Bob

Hey Bob, you mean the NWTF don't you???
Title: Re: Return of the Wild Turkey (1970)
Post by: OldSchool on February 22, 2016, 11:35:57 AM
Quote from: M Sharpe on February 22, 2016, 11:07:49 AM
Quote from: OldSchool on February 22, 2016, 10:07:26 AM
I hadn't seen that, thank you. :icon_thumright:

I can remember our DEC stocking birds here in the late 70's and the posters on fence posts along a backroad that read $500.00 reward for info leading to the arrest of anybody messing with them. I wish I had one of those signs.

Bob

Hey Bob, you mean the NWTF don't you???

Good catch, thank you. ;)

Bob
Title: Re: Return of the Wild Turkey (1970)
Post by: MK M GOBL on February 22, 2016, 11:47:15 AM
Thanks for sharing, fun to watch those old videos!

MK M GOBL
Title: Re: Return of the Wild Turkey (1970)
Post by: MK M GOBL on February 22, 2016, 11:56:31 AM
Quote from: OldSchool on February 22, 2016, 10:07:26 AM
I hadn't seen that, thank you. :icon_thumright:

I can remember our DEC stocking birds here in the late 70's and the posters on fence posts along a backroad that read $500.00 reward for info leading to the arrest of anybody messing with them. I wish I had one of those signs.

Bob

My Great Uncle was part of a program here in the state of Wisconsin through the WDNR and had raised "Wild" turkeys for them to release. Ultimately this program failed as the birds were half wild/half domestic which later on lead to the trap and transplant program trade with the state of Missouri. I have my great uncles "WI Licensed" turkey program sign! 

MK M GOBL
Title: Re: Return of the Wild Turkey (1970)
Post by: mgm1955 on February 27, 2016, 12:51:30 AM
Great piece of history. Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Return of the Wild Turkey (1970)
Post by: OldSchool on February 27, 2016, 08:37:32 AM
Quote from: MK M GOBL on February 22, 2016, 11:56:31 AM
Quote from: OldSchool on February 22, 2016, 10:07:26 AM
I hadn't seen that, thank you. :icon_thumright:

I can remember our DEC stocking birds here in the late 70's and the posters on fence posts along a backroad that read $500.00 reward for info leading to the arrest of anybody messing with them. I wish I had one of those signs.

Bob

My Great Uncle was part of a program here in the state of Wisconsin through the WDNR and had raised "Wild" turkeys for them to release. Ultimately this program failed as the birds were half wild/half domestic which later on lead to the trap and transplant program trade with the state of Missouri. I have my great uncles "WI Licensed" turkey program sign! 

MK M GOBL

Cool! :icon_thumright:

Bob
Title: Re: Return of the Wild Turkey (1970)
Post by: M Sharpe on February 27, 2016, 09:04:33 AM
Good video!!
Title: Re: Return of the Wild Turkey (1970)
Post by: Meadow Valley Man on February 27, 2016, 09:22:17 AM
This video was a mainstay of the Wisconsin DNR Turkey Hunter Education Clinics beginning in 1983. I was an instructor for these clinics from 1989 through 2001, and I never got tired of watching it.
Title: Re: Return of the Wild Turkey (1970)
Post by: owlhoot on February 27, 2016, 09:30:56 AM
good one, thanks
Title: Re: Return of the Wild Turkey (1970)
Post by: 1tiogabowhunter on February 27, 2016, 10:46:18 AM
Very neat liked seeing the old footage and the camera work.  Also neat to reflect on the trapping methods I recall them being used when I first started hunting them.  Thanks for sharing
Title: Re: Return of the Wild Turkey (1970)
Post by: silvestris on February 27, 2016, 01:39:31 PM
I remember signs on the highway west of Clarendon, Arkansas along the White River bottoms on Hwy. 79 offering rewards.  That was long before the NWTF.  And I thought the NWTF created the Wild Turkey.  Learn something new everyday.

That was a great video.  Hat's off to the Missouri Department, although I imagine that most, if not all, who were involved in the production are gone.  Ecology, habitat, limiting factors, hunting, poaching, life cycle, this video covered it all and I am sure it was entertaining and educational at a time when the Wild Turkey really needed a boost.  Come to think of it, the Wild Turkey needs a boost now in many areas with past abundance.
Title: Re: Return of the Wild Turkey (1970)
Post by: M Sharpe on February 28, 2016, 07:51:07 AM
Quote from: silvestris on February 27, 2016, 01:39:31 PMAnd I thought the NWTF created the Wild Turkey.  Learn something new everyday.


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