MEQUON - As I climbed the stairs inside the 125-year-old silo, it was clear I wasn't alone. Occupants in the vertical structure heard my footfalls and sounded their alarms. The first I encountered was ...

I have to tell you, folks, I just got my final turkey hunting fix for the year up in lovely South Dakota. Dan Schofield, Hunter Smith, and myself had eight tags between us, and in five days managed to ...

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 ...

Frequently during the spring wild turkey nesting season, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources is contacted concerning wild turkey nests that appear to be abandoned. These inquiries often involve ...

Wildlife Society Bulletin (2011-), Vol. 46, No. 2, Special Section: National Wild Turkey Symposium (June 2022), pp. 1-17 (17 pages) Limiting the potential for disturbance of wild turkey (Meleagris ...

A new study finds that precipitation levels during nesting season are not related to reproductive success for wild turkeys, which runs counter to the conventional wisdom regarding the role that ...

A clutch of wild turkey eggs. Wild turkey hens build their nests on the ground by making a small depression in the earth under a protective bush or other cover. (National Wild Turkey Federation) This ...

We compared topographic and forest stand habitat measurements between successful and unsuccessful Merriam's turkey (Meleagris gallopavo merriami) nest sites to determine which features influenced nest ...