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Turkey hunt heats up in Que. amid population boom
Topic Started: Oct 7 2007, 03:35 PM (312 Views)
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The Canadian Press

MONTREAL -- Turkey is on the mind of many Quebec outdoorsmen and it has little to do with Thanksgiving.

Hunters have set their sights on a province-wide wild turkey hunt after a new study suggests the bird's population is booming.

A joint study by the Quebec Wildlife Federation and Quebec's natural resources and wildlife ministry suggests milder winters and strict hunting restrictions have helped the birds flourish in areas where they were rarely seen in the past.

Quebec's current rules permit unlimited fall turkey hunts in regions primarily north of the St. Lawrence.

But Martin Savard, of the Quebec Wildlife Federation, says an inventory from last spring shows there are now thousands of turkeys in the Outaouais and Monteregie regions.

The federation, which represents some 300-thousand hunters and anglers across the province, is asking the government to institute a spring hunt with a quota of one turkey per hunter, per year.

Savard says the proposed spring hunt would start after mating season and target only male adults to ensure the population continues to grow.

The proposal recommends eliminating the existing fall hunt, which allows hunters to kill female and young turkeys.

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Yeah, they're starting to have a good pop in Quebec. I know it's booming in Poltimore.
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This morning on my way up to our farm I had to stop for a flock of 30 turkeys,they were between just outside of Buckingham.Hey Lonewolf do you hunt in the Poltimore area ,thats were my family from,I was up that way today.
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Scooter
Oct 7 2007, 06:01 PM
.Hey Lonewolf do you hunt in the Poltimore area ,thats were my family from,I  was up that way today.

Hey Scooter,

My father was born and raised on a farm in Poltimore/Denholm. I have alot of family who still live up there, as well as on the family farm which is right near the Denholm Municipality Building right on the corner of Chemin du Poisson Blanc.

My cousin and I were also doing bear and archery deer outfitting there for 4 years, but we packed that in for personnal reasons. We just sold some property in Denholm but I still have access, and hunt the family farm for a change from time to time. The hunting licences are getting pretty expensive nowadays for us non-residents though. But I do love to hunt up there in the big woods, as that's where I was taught to hunt as a kid.

Small world isn't it!

I bet our families know each other.
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Lonewolf it certainly is a small world,there a good chance our familys know each other ,small town and I`m related to half of it at least,we own a 800 acre farm about 5 mile from Poltimore heading towards Buckingham,I was up there today and saw a dandy 8 pointer with my name on it ,just waitng for muzzle loader season.
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Cool... I know the whole village of Poltimore. lol... Yeah, I'm sure we know your family.

Good Luck with the muzzleloader hunt, and let us know how you make out... :cheers:

BTW, Sorry about the highjacking of your thread, Mark (Northerner) :oops:
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LOL! It's all good Mike! :allright:
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Lonewolf, Scooter, ask your older relatives if they had dentistry work done on them in Buckingham. My grandfather (on my dad's side) was the first dentist in Buckingham.
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