Just a word of warning about this particular flock...

The Austin ranch (they raise longhorns) is just down the road from the
winery. They are very protective of "their" flock of turkeys. If you
talk to them and explain to them that you are not a hunter and that you
would just like to watch them they MAY let you onto their property. When
I went one time, I got lucky and they even took me into their house to
show me some videos they took of the turkeys that they feed all winter.
I also told them about a hunter that I saw sneak in uncer the back fence
whiole I was birding the property and the Weyerhauser land behind it.
They are nice people, just might be a little suspicious of you at first.

Its good to be on the good side of the landowners!

On Sat, 5 Dec 1998 22:29:18 EST MurrayH at aol.com writes:
>Directions to turkeys and Skookumchuck Wildlife Habitat Management
>Area: If
>on Interstate 5, take Route 512 East to Route 7 South, thence to Route
>507 to
>town of Rainier. Approx. 2 miles past Rainier, turn left on Johnson
>Creek Rd.
>SE continuing to the winery (DeLorme P. 46, B2). Turkeys were seen
>around
>the winery or in the pastures to the south. For the Skookumchuck
>Wildlife
>Habitat Area, continue on Johnson Creek Road to the T-intersection
>(Skookumchuck Rd. SE) and turn left to the wildlife area.
>
>I really DO love maps--not so sure about turkeys :)!!
>
>

Michael Dossett 16
Bothell, Washington
mpdossett at juno.com

"Nothing is more priceless than the rich array of animal life with which
our country has been blessed. It is a many-faceted treasure." --
Richard Nixon

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