This CBC article is pure art.

I love small town stories like this one.

Wildlife protection authorities have opened an investigation into the turkey’s killing, the ministry said in a written release.

The last paragraph is too good:

The man who shot the turkey with a slingshot brought the claws back to the mayor and the bird will be cooked and eaten on Friday. 

Easter is coming early for this family.

Update

This story has even better details:

“They’re saying I’m Putin,” he told the Montreal Gazette. “They said I’m worse than Putin.”

Things came to a head this week when a Facebook video was aired of an older gentleman trying to enter his seniors residence, only to have his entrance blocked by a large wild turkey. Michel Turcotte clapped his hands, to no avail. Then he threw snow at the bird, which the bird did not like. The turkey went on the offensive, first chasing Turcotte around his SUV and then down the street. Turcotte ran around trees trying to escape. He came close to falling. The videographer can be heard laughing in the background.