Subject: Re: Turkey Introductions
Date: Oct 6 21:15:31 1997
From: Eugene Hunn - hunnhome at accessone.com



>There may be some justification as there is semi-documented speculation that
>turkeys were native to the Pacific Northwest. However, the proof is not
>comprehensive so it still remains only speculation.
>
>Just my two cents worth.
>
>Peggi
>Ben & Peggi Rodgers
>Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz 122 W, 37 N)
>USA

A colleague of mine who is a zooarchaeologist, if I remember correctly, says
there is no evidence of Wild Turkeys anywhere in the Pacific Northwest in
prehistoric middens, etc.

Gene Hunn.