Turkey Gobble Count Volunteers Needed
The Missouri Department of Conservation and the Missouri Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation are conducting a study to measure daily and seasonal trends of gobbling by wild turkeys throughout the state.
The gobbling study will be conducted this year from March 15 through May 9 and will be on-going until 2011.
The study is seeking volunteers from throughout the state to listen to and record gobbling from March 15 through May 9 of each year.
Study volunteers will listen for the number of gobbles heard and the number of individual gobblers heard during a 20 minute period starting 45 minutes prior to sunrise for 2 days per week during the 8 week study.
Study volunteers should have easy access to their listening location.
Download the 2009 Gobble Study Update or view the 2009 Gobble data.
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Thanks for your help with this important study.
