Wow! This Is Counter-Intuitive -- Turkey Season Should Be Great -- North Dakota, USA

Considering how harsh the North Dakota winter has been, and all the stories on livestock and wild game being being hit hard, it comes as quite a surprise, at least to me, that the spring turkey hunting season should be a good season.

Apparently wild turkeys have a knack for finding food and shelter during even the harshest winters.

Stan Kohn, upland game biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, said unlike some species of upland game birds, turkeys have a knack for finding food and cover during harsh winters.

"Turkeys are not native to this area, but they have adjusted to what is available," Kohn said. "Very seldom do we winter mortality on turkeys."

Who would have thought?