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The article focuses on an increase in the harvest of Ontario's wild-turkeys. Preliminary data had 6,434 birds being shot in Ontario this spring, up 37.2 per cent from the 4,691 shot in 2002. Bruce Pollard, Ministry of Natural Resources senior avian biologist said that the harvest increase is due to a higher turkey population, more Wildlife Management Units opening to hunting, and a rise in the number of turkey hunters. Although trap-and-transfer programs are still relocating birds, Pollard said there are fewer and fewer areas without turkeys. |
