Unlike its cousin, which presently enjoys a robust population size, the ocellated turkey is currently considered Near Threatened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN ...

To hunt the ocellated turkey, Herrman first flew to Houston, where he met a fellow turkey-hunting friend from North Carolina. They then flew to Mérida, Mexico, to meet up with three other ...

"All the turkeys have disappeared," commented a long-time resident while pumping gas into his 1973 Ford pickup. "Not two weeks ago, I watched a group of 36 birds use my back pasture. Then, all of ...

Edinburgh Zoo has become home to a special breed of endangered turkey. The ocellated turkey from central and southern America is in decline as its habitat is wiped out and it becomes more vulnerable ...

The ocellated turkey is a relatively large ground bird. Males average 5 kg (11 lbs), while females average 3 pounds. Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) in Punta Laguna outside Cancun, Mexico.

Critical habitat status eyed for Turkey Creek Updated: Dec. 05, 2009, 11:27 a.m. | Published: Dec. 05, 2009, 10:27 a.m. By Thomas Spencer -- The Birmingham News ...

MITCHELL, S.D. -- Save the habitat. Save the hunt. For the past decade, that’s been the mission of the James River Gobblers, a Mitchell organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing South ...

Any turkey is hard to pattern, but Miller said these gobblers are even more difficult to predict. One day they'll hit the ground and go in one direction, the next day it's another.

“We were able to put $439,314 worth of work toward quail and turkey habitat last year, all of which was rooted in the sales of these voluntary stamps,” Johnson said. “We work nonstop to ...