Tracking Eastern wild turkeys crossing the Sabine River from Louisiana into East Texas
A cutting-edge study to examine the lives of Eastern wild turkeys has crossed the Sabine River from Louisiana into East Texas.
Louisiana State University (LSU) researchers with the cooperation of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) and help from the National Wild Turkey Federation are fitting Eastern turkeys with GPS collars to track their movements.
TF&G Editor-In-Chief Chester Moore got to document the first collaring in Texas with Chad Argabright, a graduate student at LSU overseeing the project in the field alongside TPWD biologists.
LSU graduate student Chad Argabright fits an Eastern turkey captured north of Lufkin with a GPS transmitter. (Photo by Chester Moore)
In this edition of Higher Calling Wildlife, Chester interviews LSU’s Dr. Bret Collier who has studied the birds in Louisiana for a decade.
For more information click on the link below:
