26: CAPTURING TURKEYS WITH ORAL DRUGS*

ABSTRACT One technique to capture free‐ranging wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) is to treat baits with alpha‐chloralose, methoxymol, or tribromoethanol. In this study approximately 1,600 turkeys were captured with alpha‐chloralose with 9.0 percent mortality; 113 were captured with methoxymol with...

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Main Authors: Lovett E. Williams Jr., David H. Austin, Tommie E. Peoples, Robert W. Phillips
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1973-01-01
Series:Wildlife Society Bulletin
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2328-5540.1973.tb00059.x
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