Family-Outdoors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IslFyWazDio&feature=share&list=PLPdKLnhMDmy4LufWnWpwzhU7W9CdKIus_  The Black Kettle Wildlife Management Area in Roger Mills Co. is more valuable for turkeys today than it was just a few months ago thanks to a joint project conducted recently by state and federal governments and an important conservation group.      The effort involved using two large machines to "chew up" the overgrown understory of 85-100 acres of cottonwood stands that would otherwise be prime turkey roosting habitat.      "This was a joint effort between the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, the U.S. Forest Service and the National Wild Turkey Federation," said Scott Parry, Wildlife Department biologist stationed over Black Kettle WMA. "The reason we want to do this is that Rio Grande turkeys like to roost in mature trees, primarily cottonwoods.        The cottonwoods in these areas were getting grown up ...