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.
Turkeys may look off-kilter – tilting their heads and staring at the sky – yet they’re fast. In a poultry race, they can ...
As we celebrate Thanksgiving and turkey day, I thought it would be fun to look as some of the interesting facts about turkeys.
TAMPA, Fla. — For all the hunters itching to get their gear on and go out to catch some game, the 2023 spring wild turkey season is just around the corner. Florida is home to two subspecies of wild ...
MOUNT AIRY-- Yesterday, Christopher Drake clucked, yelped, purred and fly-down cackled his way to a state championship. "Some of my friends think it's kind of weird," Christopher said of his ability ...
For the past few mornings there’s been a bunch of wild turkeys hanging around outside my kitchen window. If I wanted to get a little more technical, I’d call them a “rafter” or flock of turkeys ...
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 ...
Turkey hunters always want just one more. With the 2009 spring wild turkey season opening Monday, turkeys are still a little "grouped up" as longtime hunters put it. The birds are not too far behind ...