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.

Calling wild turkeys in the fall lacks the excitement of hearing thunderous gobbles in response to calls made when hunting spring gobblers. Fall calling, however, can be just as effective in ...

Bob Fulcher paid $1,500 for the long-box call in his hands, which is odd considering he built it himself. When a call wins the Grand National NWTF Hunting Call Competition, it’s auctioned off. If the ...

In Allenspark, a new festival is putting the spotlight on one of Colorado’s feathered friends. On Saturday, the inaugural Wild Turkey Festival will celebrate turkeys in all their forms while ushering ...

Do you hear the call? It might be Ohio's wild turkey population, and you can help keep track of how many birds there are. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources asks Ohioans to report any wild ...

November is a bad month for turkeys. Some 46 million turkeys are carved up and eaten each Thanksgiving, the USDA estimates. In recent years, the wild turkey population explosion in Massachusetts has ...