Stanley E. Guenther of Spokane, game biologist for the state game department, holds a wild turkey just before releasing the bird in 1961. The turkey was one of 15 obtained from the Wyoming game department and released near the Columbia river south of Kettle Falls. The department hoped the birds will thrive and eventually be numerous enough to provide hunting. Wild turkeys are wary and said to be as hard to hunt as whitetail deer.
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