Spring hunts target gobblers (male turkeys) and fall hunts usually target either sex. Hens "yelp" to let gobblers know their location. Gobblers Knob (10,246) can be reached from Alexander Basin. Lyra's best friend Roger goes missing, presumed kidnapped by child abductors known as the "Gobblers". Because of this, the sports teams for VAMC became known as "The Gobblers". Gobblers pursue her, but she is saved by Ma Costa, Billy's mother. Gobblet X4 and Gobblet Gobblers to replace Gobblet and Gobblet Jr. accordingly. The Gobblers are experimenting on the kidnapped children using a procedure called "intercision".