A safer net propelled device to capture wild turkey
ABSTRACT We compared 2 net‐propelled devices to capture eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris). One device, the rocket‐net, employs explosives for propulsion and is currently the most effective and widespread method used to capture this species. The second device, the net blaster, wor...
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| author | Maxime Lavoie Pierre Blanchette Jean‐Pierre Tremblay Serge Larivière |
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| description | ABSTRACT We compared 2 net‐propelled devices to capture eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris). One device, the rocket‐net, employs explosives for propulsion and is currently the most effective and widespread method used to capture this species. The second device, the net blaster, works with compressed air instead of explosives. During 2009–2012, we captured 344 wild turkeys using rocket‐nets (n = 30 attempts) and net blasters (n = 15 attempts). Both devices had a similar capture success rate; but malfunctioning was twice as common with the rocket‐net as with the net blaster, as was the rate of injuries to captured wild turkeys. However, rocket‐nets did not have a higher rate of capture‐related mortality. The net blaster was more difficult to handle, more expensive, and did not work when temperatures were below −20°C. Overall the net blaster proved to be more efficient capturing wild turkeys and was safer than the rocket‐net. © 2014 The Wildlife Society. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b9d6d2b33c244b01aca499d1aa2b516d2025-08-20T01:56:34ZengWileyWildlife Society Bulletin2328-55402014-06-0138243944210.1002/wsb.392A safer net propelled device to capture wild turkeyMaxime Lavoie0Pierre Blanchette1Jean‐Pierre Tremblay2Serge Larivière3Centre d'Études Nordiques and Department of BiologyLaval University1045 av. de la Médecine, Pavillon VachonQuébecQCG1V 0A6CanadaDirection de la faune terrestre et de l'avifauneMinistère du développement durablede l'environnement, de la faune et des parcs880 Chemin Sainte‐Foy, 2e étageQuébecQCG1S 4X4CanadaCentre d'Études Nordiques and Department of BiologyLaval University1045 av. de la Médecine, Pavillon VachonQuébecQCG1V 0A6CanadaCree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board2700 Boulevard Laurier, Champlain #1100QuébecQCG1V 4K5CanadaABSTRACT We compared 2 net‐propelled devices to capture eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris). One device, the rocket‐net, employs explosives for propulsion and is currently the most effective and widespread method used to capture this species. The second device, the net blaster, works with compressed air instead of explosives. During 2009–2012, we captured 344 wild turkeys using rocket‐nets (n = 30 attempts) and net blasters (n = 15 attempts). Both devices had a similar capture success rate; but malfunctioning was twice as common with the rocket‐net as with the net blaster, as was the rate of injuries to captured wild turkeys. However, rocket‐nets did not have a higher rate of capture‐related mortality. The net blaster was more difficult to handle, more expensive, and did not work when temperatures were below −20°C. Overall the net blaster proved to be more efficient capturing wild turkeys and was safer than the rocket‐net. © 2014 The Wildlife Society.https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.392capture techniquesMeleagris gallopavonet blasterQuebecrocket‐netwild turkey |
| spellingShingle | Maxime Lavoie Pierre Blanchette Jean‐Pierre Tremblay Serge Larivière A safer net propelled device to capture wild turkey Wildlife Society Bulletin capture techniques Meleagris gallopavo net blaster Quebec rocket‐net wild turkey |
| title | A safer net propelled device to capture wild turkey |
| title_full | A safer net propelled device to capture wild turkey |
| title_fullStr | A safer net propelled device to capture wild turkey |
| title_full_unstemmed | A safer net propelled device to capture wild turkey |
| title_short | A safer net propelled device to capture wild turkey |
| title_sort | safer net propelled device to capture wild turkey |
| topic | capture techniques Meleagris gallopavo net blaster Quebec rocket‐net wild turkey |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.392 |
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