This survey is done every July and August, as wild turkey sightings are recorded to estimate this year’s nesting rates and nest success. It’ll help if you can tell the sex of a turkey.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — If you’re a turkey hunter, the Missouri Department of Conservation wants you to save and share feathers from turkeys you harvest this fall.

Of the 5 different subspecies, the Eastern wild turkey has the largest geographical footprint, and it's the bird that most hunters east of the Mississippi River are after when they hit the ...

Interesting Facts Wild turkey populations have increased from an estimated 450,000 in 1959 to an estimated 3.5 million in 1990. The wild turkey is found in all of the lower 48 states and Hawaii. In ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — There has been some chatter online about a wild turkey that has been gobbling around the streets of South Bend’s River Park neighborhood.

Then she won a competition through the National Wild Turkey Federation for an all-expenses paid turkey hunt in Kansas. It was a spring hunt, in April 2017, and Sydney was 12.

In a 2021 study, eight out of 30 states surveyed reported that turkey populations declined from 2014 to 2019, with some of the sharpest decreases in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana and Oklahoma.

If you see the turkey trotting around, it is best to let her be. An animal rescue organization is aware. Wild turkey ruffles feathers in South Bend's River Park area ...