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Nova Scotia Wild Turkey Introduction Turned Down

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Morgan2 · Newbie Joined: 12 Dec 2004 Posts: 6

I hope the turkeys are introduced, as long as it wont affect our local species. I hear they are some of the best hunting there is.

ontario bossgobler · Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:47 pm Post subject:

I am sorry to hear that they won;t release turkeys there .they are a awsome bird to hunt.

ChesterGolf · Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:22 pm Post subject:

Too many tree hugging, misinformed activist groups opposing the intro. iniative for the gov't to allow it to pass. The squeaky wheel gets the grease and we have some damn squeaky groups up here that can't stand hunting and what it stands for.

Leo M · Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 12:54 pm Post subject:

Were going to try next in New Brunswick. The only thing different here is, we now have reports of birds along the border coming in from Maine. Wish us luck.

ChesterGolf · Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:16 pm Post subject:

Good luck with that. Maybe if it catches on there we will have another crack at it.

Hank · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 8:23 am Post subject: Wild Turkey and huggers

Howdy Boys,

My 2 cents worth, We always get turned down in N.S. whats new?

We have been trying for years to get Spring bear hunt ,turned down everytime because in other provinces sows and cubs taken has given some sour notes.
But the province has managed to get us a little help,with the extention of the bear hunts along with the deer season.

The turkey deal is sickening to say the least,a friend of mine from Digby had started a chapter with WTF for the western end of N.S.- He had been an active member on a certain forum board for years,when the turkey was turned down once again he mentioned boycoting buying xmas turkey. He was banned from further postings and to make matters worse, a fellow WTFederation chapter leader really made this buddy look like an idiot on this forum I won't mention.
I thought everyone had the freedom to express his or her opinion ?
It wouldn't matter anyways,we will never see a " wild turkey hunt " because nobody will stand up and do a little protesting ! Maybe some of those wild turks from "Maine" will find their way to N.S. anyways, What I don't understand is over in Queens county there have been wild turks for years ? I haven't heard of them spreading any disease ? Maybe the Tree Huggers are eating other bad meat which has infected their thinking!

Happy Hunting

Hank · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 9:00 am Post subject:

I forgot to mention also- The White Tail Deer wasn't a native to N.S. either

then when the moose population took a nose dive in Western N.S. they blamed it on the white tails transmitting a "BRAIN DESEASE" to the moose
thus killing them off ! This is complete nonsence ! Why is it the moose herds in CapeBritan were starving to death a few years back,there is loads of white tails living in these areas with the moose. umm wonder why they didn't get the dreaded brain disease which the western part of province surposed to have had?? I can tell you what happened to Moose in Western N.S. -
We had thousands of moose here until they put the string of large dams in these areas, This caused flooding of all moose habitat which provided the ground hemlock and other foods moose surived on. Thats where the moose got their "Starvation Disease" not from white tails, like the goverment of Nova Scotia of the day ,had told the people ! Kind of sounds like the story of
"Harald Snear and The Raccoons" wondering where all the trees they lived in were disappearing to. If you believe what we are being told is true,there is something wrong! you don't have to hold a PHD degree to understand whats going on,you have to be a true hunter like we all appear to be.
Have fun,don't forget to stop by or write your MLA and express your wishes,don't forget you are "Paying His Big Wages" to work for you ! Make them work for their future!

ontario bossgobler · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 11:25 am Post subject:

if the turkeys do well in new brunswick the n.s goverment wont have to release them .the turkeys population grows very fast.example here in ontario they had three sites where they released 30 birds just 10 years later we have over 80,000 and some birds.

atomikall · Bull Whacker Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 1964

THATS SO STUPID!

Hank · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 9:02 am Post subject:

Do you have many coyotes in your part of Ont.?

sawman · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject:

Wish they had never reintroduced them to Ontario,They multiply so fast and contaminate farmers corn bins and distroy crops.Hello MNR there was a reason they were killed off in ontario in the first place.Think of the guys farms you hunt on and how they feel about an invasive speices.

opossum · Newbie Joined: 06 Jan 2006 Posts: 7 Location: nova scotia

Hank, from what i've heard coming out of the NSWF convention is that a petition was sent to the minister signed by the members of the N.S turkey growers association to stop the introducton of wild turkeys into N.S because of the threat of bird flu. This was a strange theory since turkeys do not migrate. However, it seems that one person signed most of the names himself and now that this has become known that introduction is being looked at again.