Thanks! I had the carving duties yesterday at the family dinner. The domesticated turkey is available worldwide. The Pilgrims did have turkey when it was available along with the venison. The turkey was introduced to the English court of Elizabeth I before the pilgrims came over possibly by Sir Walter Raleigh or by Spanish traders and the plumage of the live toms reminded them of well dressed Turks and the name stuck.
There are plenty of wild turkeys in my area and there are hunting seasons for them. I hit a randy tom one morning before sunrise in October several years back. That collision took out my driver's side headlight when the tom flew out from a ditch as I passed it. The toms were in a rare false mating mode caused by a warming followed by an early cold snap. Of course, the hens weren't interested. March-April is the true masting season for them. $90 US was the cost to replace the whole light assembly.
Joelene
