Wild turkeys are one of America’s most iconic animals and the mascot of Thanksgiving. While farm-raised birds are abundant, wild ones are in a more delicate position. The Washington Post reported that ...

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.

Harvest reports from the 2025 spring turkey seasons are rolling in, and in many states, like Ohio, the numbers are still behind long-term averages. Although the Ohio Wildlife Council has already ...

Oklahoma’s turkey population is declining and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is making drastic changes to the state’s turkey seasons to help turn that around. The National Wild ...

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 ...

Most Americans will not eat wild turkey for Thanksgiving. But climate change is a fair topic for conversation at the table. “It’s a big gap,” Tim Lyons, a scientist with Minnesota’s Department of ...

Hikers, trail runners, bikers, hunters scouting before fall, and others are invited to keep their eyes peeled for wild turkeys this summer in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s annual ...

Thanksgiving is months away, but Pennsylvanians currently are talkin’ turkey – that is, discussing the decline in the wild turkey population and figuring out how to reverse the trend. The state Game ...

The regular spring turkey season opens May 1 and runs through May 31 in Upstate New York north of the Bronx-Westchester County line, and also in Suffolk County on Long Island. The bag limit is two ...