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Wild Turkey Populations Now Thrive Across Mississippi
story by John N. Felsher photos by John N. Felsher
and courtesy of Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
Eastern wild turkeys now thrive across Mississippi, but they nearly disappeared from the Magnolia State about a century ago. In the late 19th
and early 20th centuries, timber companies chopped and sawed through forests, destroying vital turkey habitat. Habitat loss combined with unregulated hunting devastated populations.
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks tags turkeys for release.
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