Jeff Knetter, upland game and migratory game bird coordinator at Idaho Fish and Game, told the Idaho Statesman that wild ...

And it starts with the bird. Wild turkeys see in color. They’re credited with having vision as powerful as—if not more powerful than—8x binoculars.

Often, male turkeys have ‘beards,’ and it is not rare for them to have two. Even a female will grow a beard, which is rarer.

Today, it is estimated there are 180,000 wild turkeys in the state. There are two hunting seasons for wild turkey, a fall season and a spring season.

Michigan hunters should have an easier time getting turkey licenses this fall under new rules the state says are designed to ...

Despite all that, Salem has a love affair with its turkeys. Wild turkeys are not native to Oregon. Early attempts to ...

Vermont officials want to make sure that two wildlife areas near Castleton are kept up for hunters and anglers in the ...

I was hunting blind. Speaking as someone that constantly talks about the importance of pre-season scouting for wild turkeys, I had not been able to follow my own advice. It was late April before I ...

Ohio's wild turkey hunters checked 15,911 birds from the beginning of the spring turkey season through May 25, according to the Ohio Division of Wildlife. Last year, hunters checked 15,535 birds ...

As for hunting prospects, it’s hard to beat the wooded and rolling eastern counties. Licking County, for example, accounted for more checked turkeys last year, 255, than did the six counties in ...

Over the last three years, youth hunters have harvested an average of 1,571 turkeys during the youth weekends. In 2024, youngsters bagged 1,785 wild turkeys during the youth hunt.