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2018 Trap and Release program

​HUACHUCA GOULD’S CHAPTER
assist with 
TURKEY TRAPPING AND RELEASE
January and February of 2018
During the first 2 months of 2018, members of the Huachuca Gould’s Chapter assisted the Arizona Game and Fish Department in the capture and release of Gould’s Turkeys in southeastern Arizona.

At a site near Canelo to the west of Fort Huachuca, birds were lured into a walk-in trap with grain.  The trap door was tripped by a cord running to an adjacent blind.  On 2 trapping days, around 30 birds of mixed sex and age classes were caught.  Later on the capture days, these Gould’s Turkeys were released into the Mules Mountains south of Tombstone.  The birds will hopefully establish a resident population in this mountain range.

Wildlife Managers from the Arizona Game and Fish Department captured birds along Sonoita Creek for relocation as well.
Once available from the Department, more details on the trapping and release program for 2018 will update this preliminary report.

Thanks go to Brittany Oleson and Brad Fulk of the Arizona Game and Fish Department and Chapter members Wayne Kaiser, John Millican, Bowie Clemons, Wayne Bunza, and Tom Deecken for their trapping efforts.
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Cooperating landowners deserve recognition as well!
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01 Birds come to the bait
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02 A closer look at the birds as they come in and come out of the trap
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03 Caught!
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04 There is No Escaping!
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05 Wayne Bunza secures the trap door
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06 On goes the wing tags
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07 A view of the trap and blind with connecting cord for bird selection
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08 Turkey trappers (left to right): Brittney Oleson (AZ Game & Fish) Game management), Wayne Bunza, Bowie Clemons, Brad Fulk (AZ Game and Fish), and John Millican Huachuca Gould's Chapter president.
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09 Second shift clocking in!
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