In Montana, nearly all the wild turkeys are of the Merriam's subspecies, which was named in 1900 to honor one of the original founders of the National Geographic Society and first chief of the U.S ...

Wild turkey numbers have grown in portions of Eastern Montana prompting Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks to propose specific fall hunting tags for the big birds. The proposal, open to comment ...

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. While there are five ...

Turkeys now populate every state in the U.S. except Alaska. In New York City, a wild turkey called Astoria made headlines earlier this year for taking up residence in a Park Avenue tree and window ...

The population of wild turkeys, which are native to New York, has rebounded on Long Island in recent years. The species disappeared from the area by the mid-1800s because of overhunting and ...