We don't have them here.... too wet maybe? No native turkeys or pheasant.
I don't remember ever seeing them when I was little. Maybe once or twice. We saw bear...deer...foxes...grouse and pheasants...but I don't remember turkeys.
They've apparently come back with a vengeance, though. There are some roads where I pretty much ALWAYS encounter a bunch of 'em. What do you call a group of turkeys?
Turkey season is like half the year. I should learn to hunt 'em for when I go home, maybe. ;-) Mmm...turkey.
Have no desire to do the "processing", though.