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 ...

Predator populations—nest raiders and full-feathered turkey killers alike—are growing across the United States. To determine ...

Ohio’s wild turkey abundance peaked in the early 2000s. Since then, statewide turkey populations and spring harvest have generally declined. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources began an in-depth ...

Ohio's wild turkey poult index for 2024 is slightly above the 10-year average, indicating successful nesting and poult survival. Ohio artist Adam Grimm won the Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest for the ...

It takes approximately 12-13 days to lay the full clutch of eggs and another 26-28 days of continuous incubation for them to ...

Americans have always loved wild turkeys, perhaps too much. By 1900, we had nearly driven this close relative to the chicken to extinction as a result of unregulated hunting and habitat destruction.

This fall, any Kansas turkey hunters accustomed to hunting a wild turkey to gobble up at their Thanksgiving feast had to look elsewhere. The fall wild turkey hunting season was suspended earlier this ...

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Invasive plant species commonly have negative impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functions but may also provide suitable nesting habitat for wildlife. Imperata cylindrica (Cogongrass) is a ...

Despite efforts targeted to protect it, Oklahoma's wild turkey population is declining from a peak about a decade ago and has dropped sharply just in the last six years, a group of wildlife experts ...

For nearly two weeks, a wild turkey has been roaming the grounds of Fishtown's Palmer Cemetery and alighting on the rooftops of nearby rowhomes. Some mornings it can be heard gobbling at sunrise.