It’s common for many people to forget about turkeys for most of the year until Thanksgiving comes around, but the fact is ...

Today, turkeys number nearly 7 million in the wild. Commonly called forest turkeys, the eastern wild turkey bird is one of the most abundant subspecies and is found in swamps and forests.

Wild turkeys can fly short distances up to 55 miles an hour. (Domestic turkeys can’t.) Wild turkeys can also run 12 miles an hour and, completing the triathlon, they are actually adept swimmers.

Wild turkeys have incredible eyesight. Their ability to sense a predator, like a hunter leaning back against a tree, is uncanny. Turkey vision can seem even supernatural at times. But really, it’s ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is once again calling on residents to take part in its Annual Wild Turkey Sighting Survey, ...

Turkey season may have ended in May, but there’s still good reason to keep the birds on your brain when you head out to your ...

The trend has continued in 2025 with Illinois setting a record with 18,189 turkeys registered and Minnesota likely to be ...

Ohio hunters harvested more than 16,000 wild turkeys during the spring 2025 season with Ashtabula County leading the way.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is asking people to report sightings of wild turkeys via its survey.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is seeking volunteers for summer wild turkey brood surveys to assess the bird ...