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Bruce - The Black Vultures around our place are here all year round. The following bit is copied off the counties web site:

In Giles County, it’s always time to talk turkey.

The community prides itself as the Turkey Capital of Tennessee, a distinction it is hoping to formalize, and it has the wild bird population and the events to back its case.

In April, during the second week of hunting season, Giles County is the home base for the annual Governor’s One-Shot Turkey Hunt, a five-county event that attracts hunters from all over Tennessee.
 

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The meat is on the smoker for tomorrow's get together. These are all just under 10 pounds so at least now I know if I needed more total product I can get six eight pounders and fill up the smoker.
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They really do look great! Hope ya'll have a great time today. :)

I think everyone enjoyed it. We didn't have as many people show up as expected but we had close to 40 people. A surprising number of those were new members that just signed up today and several of those were just getting into sheep.

It was a good time to network and we even found a dealer for Sea 90 (supplement). That stuff sells for around $45 a bag at the nearest dealership and we now have a source for it at $22 a bag. The folks that use that use it in conjunction with kelp and their sheep are some of the best looking I've ever seen.

The Extension Agent (Matt) gave a briefing on parasite control that everyone seemed to enjoy. At the end of the workshop, I brought in a few of my ewes in varying states of condition and he gave some hands on in judging age of the sheep, Famacha checking for parasites and finally a hands-on in judging condition.

We then had lunch and most of the folks got seconds (or more) so I take it that was a success also. :)
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