This story was originally published by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources at its website. COLUMBUS – Ohio’s wild turkey poult index, a metric used to estimate nest success and poult survival for ...

Birdsong is a welcome sign of spring, but robins and cardinals aren’t the only birds showing off for breeding season. In many parts of North America, you’re likely to encounter male wild turkeys, ...

The statewide wild turkey season opens this weekend on Saturday, Nov. 1. While the season opens everywhere on Nov. 1, the ...

The wild turkey’s continuing success story in Berkshire County may partly hinge on the behavior of humans to keep the state’s official game bird, well, wild. Habitat loss caused the downfall of the ...

This week many of us had turkey on our minds and probably in the fridge as well. In honor of Turkey Day (aka Thanksgiving), it seems appropriate to give attention to this regal bird. What we know as ...

Findings could ultimately allow wildlife managers to optimize habitat that produces the essential insect forage key to sustaining a population. “This study will fill a critical knowledge gap in our ...

This weekend marks the start of fall turkey hunting across most of Pennsylvania. Including nearly all of Lancaster County. It wasn’t too long ago that simply spotting a wild turkey in Lancaster County ...

On Thursday, as families and friends come together around a feast, millions of these households will have a turkey as their centerpiece. In many ways, Thanksgiving has become synonymous with turkeys.

Turkeys live for three to four years in the wild. Adult males weigh 18 to 20 pounds. By the early 20th century, wild turkey populations had been decimated by market hunting, and by the 1930s, the bird ...

Native grass restoration begins with clearing fields, like this area soon to be restored to native plants and grasses. Conservation organizations should put your financial support to work on habitat.

Two Grand Junction Boy Scout troops and a handful of adult volunteers recently braved a early spring storm for a fast-paced winter habitat project benefitting wild turkeys along the Dolores River near ...