Re: The Awards Listing v 0.5 & Turkey hunting

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Tom,
	I will confirm the GZG ECC I awards for you.

	Re: Turkey hunting.  New York allows the taking of two toms in
the 
spring.  Females are off limits.  I have eaten every bird I have taken.
The population continues to grow and flourish and taking a tom can have 
only minimal impact, since there are plenty of other males with which to
mate the females.

	But here is the funny part...

	A tom turkey has a harem of females that he mates with daily. 
After mating and as the day progresses, the females leave the tom to 
go to their nest and lay one egg.  They regroup in the evening and 
roost and begin the process all over again the next day.
	However, studies have been done that show that the female lays
fertile eggs for the whole mating season after only being mated by the
tom ONCE!  The tom's sperm is viable for the whole month!  What a 
scam!  I bet nobody's told the female turkeys yet.

Jon