During the spring mating season it’s easy to tell a 20-pound gobbler from a 10-pound…

Listen for gobbler thunder from a ridge top, knoll or similar high spot at dawn.…

Beard A band of stiff, stringy, black filaments grow on a gobbler’s chest. This beard…

Spring Courtship The wild turkey’s breeding season starts in February in southern regions and occurs…

Turkeys might gobble like crazy on the roost. But for an hour or two after…

In the late 1700s Benjamin Franklin suggested the wild turkey be made our national symbol.…

Over the years, biologists have studied thousands of turkey crops, gizzards and droppings and determined…

Combined, more than 25 Southeastern, Midwestern and Western states permit all-day turkey hunting in the…

There are two species of turkeys in the world. The ocellated turkey is found in…

Annual HatchesAnnual hatches affect state and regional turkey populations more than any other factor. Areas…