We’re all familiar with a raspy hen yelp and a thundering tom gobble. But wild hens and gobblers make many turkey sounds beyond these two vocalizations. Each of these sounds express specific meanings.

A tom turkey is strutting for a hen decoy. The colorful male is attempting to woe the hen by fanning his tail and dragging his wings, all while its head and neck are glowing red, white and blue, and ...

Turkey hunting is plagued with old wive’s tales, folklore, and myths. Some of this is harmless. Some of it might have a good explanation. But some of the misbeliefs might cost you a punched tag this ...

PINE RIVER — An old saying among wild turkey hunters goes something like this: “Only freight trains and barred owls arise as early as turkey hunters.” I thought about this as four of us — turkey ...

The opening of Washington spring turkey hunting season is just nine days away. While some folks will be slaving away to try to get their taxes filed, a large group of hunters will be in the woods, in ...

I’M JACK KEENAN. TIME FOR ANOTHER GREAT OUTDOORS WITH GREG WAGNER. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER WITH NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS JOINING US THIS MORNING. AND DO YOU HEAR THAT? I DO. OH, IT’S NEBRASKA WILD ...

The amazing comeback of the wild turkey, after near extinction, is truly a conservation success story. By 1900, due to habitat loss and unregulated hunting, wild turkeys could only be found in very ...

The eastern wild turkey is North America's most abundant and widely distributed turkey subspecies. It inhabits 38 states and a handful of Canadian provinces. Most eastern turkeys are found east of the ...

Reports indicate that wild turkeys were abundant in New York State during the 1600's. However, the combination of uncontrolled hunting and the intensive clearing of forests resulted in the demise of ...