Gobble! Gobble!: Point Richmond Wild Turkey Shoot returns for its 29th year

RICHMOND — Residents of Point Richmond, the city’s original downtown, annually make time on Thanksgiving morning to participate in a frivolous community tradition before returning home to prepare the family feast.

The lighthearted gathering known as the Wild Turkey Shoot (no animals are harmed), which returns for its 29th year Nov. 22, is a procession that circles through the historic commercial district before assembling for the reading of a poem that grows by a stanza each year. At the conclusion of the poem, celebrants down a shot of Wild Turkey or sparkling cider.