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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Natch" data-source="post: 265533" data-attributes="member: 45">Yellville, Arkansas, (where my daughters roommate in college is from) has had a turkey drop for years.  It started before WWII with throwing live turkeys off the county court house and the kids would chase them down.  Then, some time in the '70s (I think that's when it started) they started dropping live birds from low flying Pipers.  By the time I moved down here (1990) it was a well known event.My daughter went up to Yellville her freshman year, and has some pictures of the turkeys being dropped from about 1,000 feet or so.  The general rule seems to be they flap their wings like hell, fly for about 20 seconds, than become basically feathered bowling balls.  There are lots of pictures of the damage they cause when they hit a car windshield, or a flat roof, or power lines.  I wouldn't want to be under one.But last year it was outlawed, and PETA and the state police were their this year to issue tickets if anyone tried.Natch</blockquote>