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Steve Hartman Cries Fowl

James Earl then told me that this was a staged media event to get people thinking about wild turkeys and the role hunters have played in bringing the species back from near extinction. A hundred years ago there were only about 30,000 wild turkeys in America. Now there are more than 7 million. He says hunting taxes and fees have financed much of the comeback - great news for the species as a whole…

(Photo: CBS/Bob Caccamise)