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Turkey Calling

Published October 22, 2000 at 11:00 PM CDT

In West Virginia, wild turkey hunting season is underway. About ten-thousand of the birds are bagged annually in the state. Hunters try to imitate the turkeys' call to attract them. Dan Heyman of West Virginia Public Radio has a report on the art, science and sport of turkey calling.

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