The most recent was less than 50 feet from my driveway along a Waupaca County road. Like most deer I have seen this winter, they looked quite healthy. Travel is made easier as the herd moves along well-worn paths, browsing on plants and small trees along the way. One path on Pitt Acres is about two feet wide and worn down to the ground. The local turkey population is getting its first real taste of winter after several years of low snow and relatively mild temperatures.
Turkeys are like other wildlife facing adversity in that they do what is necessary to survive.
The fears of some hunters that deer and turkey would not co-exist are unwarranted. I have been scouting a flock of turkeys on a neighbor's farm. The number of birds ranges from 20 to 40. I see them quite often, feeding on a manure pile, picking out the undigested corn. There may be a lesson in watching wildlife.