The Lone Ranger

A few days ago we heard gun shots south of our property. It was the same day we last saw the flock of turkeys. Since then we have only seen one turkey hen wandering about. She's passed through our property three times that we've noticed. Only one hen. Alone.

Tonight as I was coming in from my nightly chores of tending to the animals, I heard one lone turkey calling out. And dogs barking back. I assume it was the hen. She sounded like she was calling out to her flock. It makes me sad that only one hen is left. I am not a vegetarian. I like turkey meat. I don't have a problem with people hunting turkey (in season, which it's not now). But to see and hear that one lone hen without her flock, that makes me sad.