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March 26, 2008
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Sounding the gobbler call

This weekend marks the start of turkey hunting season in Nevada County, and hunters are gearing up for the best year in a decade.A mild winter devoid of large fires created an abundance of turkeys fattened on acorns, wild grasses and grass hoppers."It should be a banner year with more turkeys than I've seen in 10 years," said Mike Wahl, a local hunter who produces hunting and fishing films for his production company Unlimited Outdoors TV.Originally from Texas, Rio Grande turkeys were first introduced in 1959 by the California Department of Fish & Game, said Tom Blankinship, senior wildlife biologist …

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The Union Updated Mar 26, 2008 11:18PM Published Mar 26, 2008 11:13PM Copyright 2008 The Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.