This year's spring turkey hunting season has exceeded totals from last year. Ohio's wild turkey hunters checked 15,911 birds from the beginning of the spring turkey season through May 25 ...

The Division of Wildlife continues its research efforts on wild turkey populations, which peaked in the early 2000s but have remained stable long-term despite annual fluctuations. Annual brood ...

“Gould’s is the largest wild turkey species in North America,” Hart said, noting that the big birds are making a comeback after being extirpated from Arizona in the 1900s. He credits the ...

LIMA — A total of 16.014 wild turkeys were checked during Ohio’s spring 2025 hunting season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. This total was higher than in 2024 ...

The Snood on the Turkey’s Beak Serves Many Purposes Besides their colorful plumage, one of the most distinctive attributes of wild turkeys is the odd-looking snood that hangs off their beaks.

Ohio's wild turkey hunters had a successful spring hunting season. They harvested 16,014 birds during the spring 2025 season, according to a report from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Scientists Aim to Find Out The wild turkey is one of America’s favorite game birds. Saved from precipitous decline in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, the birds now range across the entire Lower 48.

At the shot, the flock took to the air in wild, frenzied flight, and I was about to comment ... The rancher quickly opined, “Ralph ain’t going to get that turkey. He didn’t even hit ’im!” “Nuts!” I ...

Next Monday through Feb. 9, the Arizona Game and Fish Department and the National Wild Turkey Federation will use rocket-propelled nets to trap 40 Gould's wild turkeys in O'Donnell Canyon ...

SIOUX CITY | Doug Chafa, Iowa Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist, will discuss the biology and life history of the wild turkey at 9:30 a.m, Saturday at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature ...