Wild turkeys try to get even in Barrie :)

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Wild turkeys attacking vehicles in Ont. city
By QMI Agency


BARRIE, Ont. - City officials are calling for a solution in the midst of wild turkeys attacking vehicles and chasing people.

John Brassard, a Barrie, Ont., city councillor, fears the pesky birds could even hurt someone.

“They attacked my car,” he said. “I stopped, honked my horn, but they started pecking at the grill."

Brassard said he was able to drive away without further damage.

“It's getting to the point of being ridiculous,” Brassard said. “Something has got to be done or somebody is going to be hurt. People are getting out of their cars and the turkeys are chasing them back.”

Coun. Alex Nuttall raised this matter at a council meeting on Monday, but was told by city staff that wild turkeys are a protected species and little can be done. Staff are looking into the matter anyway.

Nuttall said that besides Brassard, his mother and a friend have also had their vehicles attacked by wild turkeys -- that can weigh up to 11 kg.

“It's a very bizarre situation, because it's happening consistently,” Nuttall said.

He estimates 40 or 50 wild turkeys are in the area.

“They are really quite aggressive,” said Mayor Jeff Lehman.

Brassard said he saw more wild turkeys Wednesday morning and videotaped an encounter with a woman who tried to chase them off the road.

“It's not funny anymore. It was cute in the beginning," Brassard said.

Officials from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.

Some 70,000 wild turkeys live in Southern Ontario.

bbruton@thebarrieexaminer.com

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2011/06/22/18321531.html
 
On one hand the reintroduction of wild turkeys to ON, has been a major success, However this sounds like a job for my Benelli :)
 
Actually there are only 69,000 Turkeys in Southern Ontario. I ambushed, dispatched, and ate the 70,000'th bird a little over a month ago. Damn tasty BBQ'd by the way....
 
Coun. Alex Nuttall raised this matter at a council meeting on Monday, but was told by city staff that wild turkeys are a protected species and little can be done. Staff are looking into the matter anyway.
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WTF? Protected species?
 
I
haven't searched but do we have a turkey defense thread going somewhere?
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LOL BIG TIME ... gobble gobble gobble ... I say something tacticool with a pistol grip, barbedwire and slugs ... :D

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p.s. aaaahahahaha thank you original poster as this thread is what i needed this morning ... a good faarken laugh! :D
 
Last year at the Barrie Gun Club, we had to call a cease fire on the 100 yard rifle range to allow a flock of turkeys to cross . They walked down the side berm while shots were being fired at the targets.
I think they knew that they were safe. Smart birds.
 
my buddy had a hen come to his bedroom window every morning and eat bugs off the window. He'd wake up hearing its beek banging off the glass. The turkey would see itself in the glass and go to half strut and try jumping at it. He was so pissed, he wanted me to shoot it so bad, I told him its illegal and just laughed. He's got video and everything LOL
 
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