A teenager is facing a felony charge in Georgia for killing a turkey that was strutting on his family’s property this spring — a bird that his former high-school history teacher claims was her pet.

In the early 1900s, the situation for wild turkeys was dire. “Turkeys were eradicated from 18 of the 36 states that they had previously been found in,” Taylor Finger, game bird ecologist for the ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is seeking public input on wild turkey management as the agency prepares an update to the state's wild turkey management plan.

Wild turkeys have made a great comeback in Rhode Island. They're frequently spotted pecking for food in front yards, holding up traffic as they cross streets, or even staking out drive-throughs for ...

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 ...

NECEDAH – Eight wild turkeys foraged along a two-track through the mixed deciduous forest in central Wisconsin. As they had for most of the mild winter, the birds had easy access to acorns and other ...

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