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[music] WITH THANKSGIVING AROUND THE CORNER
IT'S TIME TO START TALKIN' TURKEY. [gobble]
AND THIS IS HOW YOU TALK TURKEY.
[human turkey clucks]
[turkey call]
FROM TURKEY CALLS
TO TURKEY DECOYS
Come on, turkey, come this way. [camera clicks]
SOME FOLKS WILL TRY ANYTHING TO TRICK A TURKEY.
[gobble]
[music]
SAY HELLO TO THE WILD TEXAS TURKEY.
[gobble, gobble]
[gobble]
[music]
TURKEYS WERE ROOSTING IN TEXAS
LONG BEFORE EUROPEAN SETTLERS ARRIVED.
TODAY THERE ARE ABOUT 300,000 WILD TURKEYS IN TEXAS
DIVIDED INTO 3 MAIN SUBSPECIES.
A FEW HUNDRED MERRIAM'S TURKEYS LIVE IN ISOLATED POCKETS
OF WEST TEXAS AND THE PANDHANDLE.
OVER IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE
ABOUT 10,000 EASTERN WILD TURKEYS MAKE THEIR HOME
IN THE FORESTS OF EAST TEXAS.
THE THIRD TYPE OF TEXAS TURKEY AND BY FAR THE MOST ABUNDANT
IS THE RIO GRANDE TURKEY
WHOSE TERRITORY RUNS ROUGHLY DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE
FROM THE PANHANDLE TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
[tango music]
SPRINGTIME, WHEN ROMANCE IS IN THE AIR,
IS WHEN TURKEYS REALLY STRUT THEIR STUFF.
GOBBLING, STRUTTING AND FLUFFING HIS FEATHERS,
THE ADULT MALE TURKEY, ALSO CALLED A TOM,
WILL TRY TO ATTRACT EVERY FEMALE, OR HEN, WITHIN EARSHOT.
DRAGGING HIS WINGTIPS ON THE GROUND
WARNS THE YOUNGER MALES, OR JAKES,
TO KEEP THEIR DISTANCE.
USUALLY JUST A GOBBLE [gobble]
WILL WARD OFF OTHER TOMS AND JAKES
BUT, BEING TERRITORIAL, THE OCCASSIONAL FIGHT
DOES TAKE PLACE.
[action music and turkey clucking]
100 YEARS AGO, TURKEYS ALMOST DISAPPEARED FROM TEXAS
DUE TO UNREGULATED HUNTING AND LOSS OF HABITAT.
Come on, let him go!
NOW, THANKS TO BAG LIMITS AND A RESTOCKING PROGRAM,
TEXAS TURKEYS HAVE MADE A STEADY COMEBACK.
IN FACT, TEXAS LEADS THE NATION IN TOTAL NUMBER OF TURKEYS.
TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE PARTNERS WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS
AND GROUPS LIKE THE NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION
TO RESTORE TURKEYS TO THEIR NATIVE HABITATS.
Alright!
YOU CAN FIND WILD TURKEYS AT STATE PARKS ACROSS TEXAS.
A lot of people just enjoy seeing their antics.
They are really funny sometimes the things that they do.
[gobble]
ONE THING'S FOR SURE, TEXAS JUST WOULDN'T BE THE SAME
WITHOUT ITS WILD TURKEYS.
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[gobble]