New Jersey. "I could sit on my front porch and say, 'C'mon Fred it's breakfast time!' He'll come moseying down the driveway," Chiocchi said. Fred is a wild turkey that's amassed quite a following.

After near-extinction nearly a century ago, the wild turkey has made a comeback in New Jersey, with about 20,000 birds statewide, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.