All About Wild Turkeys

This Kansas longbeard never gobbled during his approach, but drumming from behind the hunter gave him away. Paying attention to nonverbal clues can spell the difference between a successful day and a blown opportunity.

How a bird tips the scales is just one factor in scoring your wild turkey, but weight is an important part of the formula to rank birds fairly.

A wild turkey is the healthiest option to fill the carving board on your Thanksgiving dinner table.

Turkeys rely more strongly on three of the five. Find out which ones here.

Learn where, why and when turkeys strut and then find out why it's important for hunters to know.

Gobbling today, gone tomorrow. Why do long-beards let loose one day and go mute the next?

Fall seasons make just as much, if not more sense than spring seasons. Learn why you should be in the woods when the leaves turn red.

What big birds do on their summer vacation.

Life is hard for hens and their nests. Discover the daily struggles for these tough moms and their young.

We've complied some sweet facts about each of the wild turkey subspecies, check it out.

Turkeys love these habitats, find out why they matter and how we can ensure they last.

Are you patterning them? Or are they patterning you?

A timeline of tradition.

Silent turkey killers. And no, we're not talking about you.

Predators take a back seat when it comes to the conservation of wild turkeys. Find out what impacts their populations.

Learn why wild turkey populations are fluctuating.

Urban birds act differently than rural birds. Know how to pursue them.