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Very cool.

Is there a phone number on it?

If not, you might call TWRA to see if they know who to contact.
 
Yeah part of a study that UT is doing. Didn't know about it. I thought someone may have seen one before.
 
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In the second pic, what is the transmitter hooked to? This is way cool. Can't wait to hear more details.

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Don't have many details just know like everyone else with any common sense that the turkey population in most if not all of the state is declining. It appears that the University of TN in conjunction with NWTF and the TWRA are trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together. I assume that this study helps them understand a multitude of details about the turkeys in question including what ultimately leads to their death. I took it that approximately 100 male turkeys and 400 female turkeys in the state have transmitters on them.
 
This is the best picture I have of the Transmitter. Two shock cord bands that go over each wing hold the Transmitter in place. An aluminum band much like a Duck band. Rivet type band opposed to compression type on a duck/dove.
 

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Don't have many details just know like everyone else with any common sense that the turkey population in most if not all of the state is declining. It appears that the University of TN in conjunction with NWTF and the TWRA are trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together. I assume that this study helps them understand a multitude of details about the turkeys in question including what ultimately leads to their death. I took it that approximately 100 male turkeys and 400 female turkeys in the state have transmitters on them.
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99 now!! Thanks a lot. :poke: :rotf:
 
Another vote for super cool experience you have had. I would like to know more about how far he has traveled, how old they estimate to him to be, when they banded him, etc. Thanks again for sharing your experience and information with the group.
 
That's a first that I've heard of. What are the procedures involving TWRA? Do you send the equipment back in to them and do they let you know the results of what was recorded or how this bird was followed, etc?
 
Yeah called them and they took the turkey carcass for autopsy, and the Transmitter. I kept the band and a $75 gift card. I haven't received any info on the turkey.
 
I honestly was more fired up about a henless hot 3+ year old turkey at 12:30 in the timber than the Transmitter/band.
 
I know where they have some collared turkeys on some public land cause I talked to the area manager the other day. Already been several birds shot out of that area. Not sure how many gobblers they banded or how many have been shot.


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Congratulations on getting your bird. Certainly unique.

The results of this study may be interesting,
but believe TWRA has been making a big mistake statewide in making no significant changes to our turkey regs, years on end, knowing we have a declining turkey population.
 
Congrats on the unique trophy!
I was lucky enough to take two like it in South Carolina back in 2016. LSU was in on the project. Grad student working in it sent me some really neat maps of the birds' movements, including the day I harvested him.
 

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