TURKEY HAS SOME "EXTRA BAGGAGE"

(05/11/2007)

Wirt County resident Clint McFee killed this turkey that was carrying a little "extra baggage." The gobbler was strapped with a West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) radio transmitter.

In 2005, the turkey was captured by the WV DNR as a juvenile, fitted for the transmitter, and released.

At the time it was harvested by Clint, it weighed 20 pounds, had a 10-inch beard, and 1-1/8-inch spurs.

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