{"id":4808,"date":"2018-10-25T17:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T21:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=4808"},"modified":"2018-11-26T15:54:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T20:54:02","slug":"travel-visit-wild-turkey-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/travel-visit-wild-turkey-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel | A visit to the Wild Turkey Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By Debi Lander<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mail@floridanewsline.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Turkeys dominate holiday images, advertisements and dinner tables in November. We tend to forget that this symbol of Americana has an elusive cousin \u2014 the Wild Turkey. Ben Franklin preferred the turkey as the nation\u2019s symbol over the eagle, considering the latter \u201cof bad moral character.\u201d He considered the turkey \u201ca much more respectable bird\u201d and an American original.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, the noble bird still has a promoter \u2014 the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and its museum. You\u2019ll find this place in Edgefield, S.C. Sniffing out the Winchester Museum brings you to one of the South\u2019s hidden gems: a small interactive museum with world-class exhibits. After a museum tour, filling as a Thanksgiving feast, you can head over to the Palmetto Center, on NWTF property, with two sporting clay courses, five trap and skeet overlays, and a 3D archery range.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Winchester is the world\u2019s only museum dedicated to wild turkey restoration, management and hunting. It tells the wild turkey\u2019s amazing comeback story. An important source of food for the pioneers and the expanding country, their population by the 1930s had dwindled to about 200,000. Work to restore them began with the capture and relocate method. By 1973 the population of the native North American birds rose to nearly a million. Since then, it has grown to near full capacity around 6.5 to 7 million \u2014 still a tiny fraction of the country\u2019s consumption of its cousins on a single Thanksgiving Day. Wildlife management remains key to maintaining a thriving population. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A tour of the museum begins with 3D dioramas of the five wild turkey subspecies. Despite Looney Tunes portrayals, the male struts with more glamor and colorful feathers than the dressed-down female. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Children are especially attracted to an exhibition featuring a Disney-quality animated Cherokee Indian who shares legends about wild turkeys. The mesmerizing movement of his hands is eerily real. Around the corner, another lifelike character sits in a rocking chair, telling stories about the history of turkey hunting, conservation and the NWTF. The aura of the place pays due homage to the turkey\u2019s role in American history and culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Entering the virtual reality theater transports you deep into a forest at the break of dawn. As light begins to appear, the sounds of nature mixing with early morning calls of wild turkeys emerge. Hear wings flap as they fly from their roosts. Those who have had the delight of seeing wild turkeys probably recall them strutting on the ground, but they sleep in trees. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If the call of the wild moves you, take up a laser-like gun to bag a wild turkey on video. Newbie hunters find this interactive opportunity a terrific introduction and simulation of the sport. Meander over to the call center to learn how to make the sounds that hunters use to call turkeys, enticing them in a vulnerable direction. Use your phone&#8217;s video camera to capture the hilarious cacophony!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the museum&#8217;s most treasured collections features historic turkey calls donated by master makers Neil Cost and M.L. Lynch. These Smithsonian quality art pieces showcase the exquisite work of extraordinary craftsmen. The display cases provide compelling visual explanations of the evolution of turkey calls, spanning more than one hundred years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visitors may also climb into a retired USDA Forest Service helicopter to watch a movie, much like an IMAX film. The film makes guests feel like they\u2019re in flight. Participants look down on rangers igniting and tracking a prescribed forest burn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">National Wild Turkey Federation Museum: www.nwtf.org<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bylandersea.com\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.bylandersea.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to read more of local travel writer Debi Lander\u2019s stories and travel tips.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photo courtesy Debi Lander<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wild Turkey hunters statue at the Winchester Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Debi Lander mail@floridanewsline.com Turkeys dominate holiday images, advertisements and dinner tables in November. We tend to forget that this symbol of Americana has an elusive cousin \u2014 the Wild Turkey. 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