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MIAMI, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Unlike the farm-raised turkey encountered on your dinner plate Thanksgiving Day, wild turkeys are extremely elusive.
Scientists at the University of Florida say they are so wily, they're not only hard to hunt, they're hard to count.
Mel Sunquist, an associate professor of wildlife ecology and conservation at the university, and a handful of undergraduate students are spending the holiday season on a high-tech turkey hunt.
Sunquist said Tuesday it's part of a multi-year study that will help wildlife officials develop a system for counting the wary birds.
The turkey counters set up large nets connected to three small gunpowder-fired rockets.
Cracked corn is put on the ground as bait and a counter hides in a nearby blind. As the birds are captured, they are tagged and then released to be photographed.
A ratio of marked to unmarked birds is created, and with the help of a computer program an estimate can be made.
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