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Two Floors ~ 28,000 Square Feet Buy Here ~ Sell Here tronic turkey to flush out violators who like to shoot at turkeys from their vehicles . “ It ’ s not an everyday occurrence ,” says DEM environmental police officer Mike Schipritt . “...[ T ] he DEM was given a grant from International Wildlife Crimestoppers to purchase a robotic turkey to set out in fields . I ’ m wondering what will happen if someone hits this thing with a twelve-gauge shotgun , but we ’ ll see .”
Douglas Beaudreau , a South County hunter , has started many a cold and fruitless morning at 4 a . m . trying to call a male turkey into range .
“ You have to be very skilled in how you call a turkey ; They have very good hearing and they have very good eyesight and as soon as they see movement they run ,” he says . “ It takes a lot of patience .”
And yet , if you live in the suburbs — where the pickings are easy and the predators few — you seem to have no problem encountering a turkey at all .
“ Turkeys become habituated quickly ,” says Hatfield . “ They are big birds that are going to exploit an easy meal . Wild turkeys thrive in urban settings .”
That was a surprise to Cranston orthodontist Joseph Pezza , who briefly became an internet sensation in October 2017 after his son posted a snapshot of a large turkey perched on one of his waiting room chairs . Pezza had returned to his office on busy Pontiac Avenue after a holiday weekend to ready the office for the coming week ’ s appointments . The turkey had burst through a large plate double-pane window on the second floor . When Pezza saw broken glass on the carpet , he assumed that the office had been burglarized .
“ I walked into the waiting room and the turkey jumped right over me . He scared the heck out of me , of course . Luckily , I ducked . I ran out of the room and shut the door , and I see this turkey running around ,” Pezza recalls . “ I called my wife , but she thought I was playing a joke on her . She told me : ‘ You ’ d better take a picture , because no one will believe you .’ ”
The turkey was eventually removed but did not survive .
Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena wanted to write a more upbeat ending to his town ’ s battle with three male turkeys
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