Move over, squirrels: it´s time to talk turkey. Although the furry rodent has been in the limelight recently for an apparent population explosion, lots of Mainers have been noticing another animal that seems to be in extreme abundance. That´s the wild turkey, which has been spotted in fields, forests, backyards, gardens, farms and roadsides all over the state. `Turkeys are everywhere, son of a gun,` Fred Huntress, a retired forester from Poland, said this week. `We´ve got flocks of 30, 40, 50 turkeys roaming around the fields. They´re everywhere.` Whether or not that´s a good thing for the state is a matter of personal opinion (for the record, Huntress is not in favor of the reintroduced...
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