WEST GARDINER — With the sun reflecting off the disappearing layer of snow, Judy Abbott was enjoying a calm moment Saturday morning. The turkeys that she and her husband, Tom, raise at Foggy Moon Farm had been shipped off the day before for processing. Customers who have reserved birds will stop by to pick them […]
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Police warn people not to eat turkeys plucked from the trash
FALMOUTH — The police department warns residents to steer clear of black market Butterballs. The local Hannaford tossed several prematurely-thawed turkeys into their trash bin. Store employees later found the discarded turkeys missing. “These turkeys were discarded because they were a hazard to consume,” the Falmouth Police Department wrote on its Facebook page. “If anyone […]
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Outdoors in Maine: The wild turkey outlook
When it comes to Maine sportsman and wild turkeys, there are two distinct groups: those who hunt ’em and those who hate ’em. Count me among the former. Having hunted them with a shotgun and a bow, it’s beyond me why anyone who loves to hunt is not enjoying this spring opportunity. There is a […]
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New birds invade the pen as signs of spring emerge
The “dinosaurs” have invaded the goose pen. These wild turkeys help themselves to the cracked corn, bread crumbs and anything else I provide to my increasingly amorous flock. The turkeys — which I really like because they are just so different from any other bird, wild or domestic — seem to have found a home […]
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Residents displeased with early Thanksgiving guests
NEW YORK (AP) — Say “wild” and “New York City,” and few might fill in these blanks: a flock of feral turkeys causing a flap in a city that defines urbanism. Yet a population of roving turkeys on Staten Island has become a mess-making, traffic-stopping scourge to some residents, an impromptu natural attraction to others […]
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New Hampshire farmer says beer makes turkeys fatter, tastier
Morette, who is raising about 50 Thanksgiving turkeys this year, has been giving his birds beer since 1993, when he and his workers popped open a few cans after work on a hot July day. A turkey knocked one over and started drinking, he said, and they’ve been sipping the suds ever since. Morette, who […]
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With turkeys gone wild, Maine expands hunting
PORTLAND (AP) — Once nearly wiped out of existence, turkeys are running wild. Buoyed by what’s been called the most successful wildlife restoration project ever, wild turkeys are eating crops, ruining gardens, crashing into cars and motorcycles and even smashing through suburban windows. Nonexistent in Maine 26 years ago, the turkey population has increased to […]