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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has announced that the population residing in Turkey has increased by 1,151,115 people in a year and reached 83,154,997 people as of December 31, 2019. The ...

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 ...

It has been 15 years since the majority of the Lehigh Valley has had a fall wild turkey hunt, and as this year’s statewide turkey season gets set to kick off Saturday, it doesn’t look like there will ...

Casalena explained that from 1930-1955 the turkey population expanded, but only partial recovery occurred. The state created seven farms to raise and release turkeys, and while there was some success, ...