Sports Finding an answer to “Are turkeys smart?”

Iam writing this on the eve of our wild turkey season in response to a question that we turkey hunters are frequently asked. That question is, “Are wild turkeys as smart as hunters say they are?”

This is a complicated question.

I mean characterizing all wild turkeys as stupid is unfair to the ones who don’t wear MAGA hats.

On the other hand, not all wild turkeys are geniuses either.

In my experience, there are two kinds of wild turkeys – the smart bird, the crafty old bird, and the incredibly stupid bird. Each of them is better at math than me.

How you characterize a wild turkey often depends on the bird, and more particularly on the outcome of your encounter with that bird.

For instance, any wild turkey that makes a fool of a hunter is immediately labelled “a smart bird.”

If that bird, catches you moving, sniffling, or looking the other way, or just stands behind a tree for the whole time it is in gun range, it is considered to be “smart” and perhaps even unhuntable.

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