Along with a keen sense of hearing, a turkeys' eyeballs are what really give them an edge over hunters and other natural predators. Wild turkeys have incredible eyesight. Their ability to sense a ...

My inaugural turkey-hunting foray began promisingly on October 27 with a tailgate brunch in the Windsor park and ride off Interstate 91. Hartland hunter Brett Ladeau had cooked a spread of wild turkey ...

The wild turkey is one of America’s favorite game birds. Saved from precipitous decline in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, the birds now range across the entire Lower 48. While there are five subspecies in ...

January 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of Wisconsin's wild turkey reintroduction. Here is what to know about the species in ...

You can find them in the woods and meadows, along riverbanks and sometimes trotting down a city street. Wild turkeys are prevalent across North America, and even in Hawaii. The continent has one wild ...

On Thursday, as families and friends come together around a feast, millions of these households will have a turkey as their centerpiece. In many ways, Thanksgiving has become synonymous with turkeys.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — No one wants a weasel on their Thanksgiving table, but swapping turkeys for other animals was once surprisingly common. Trading turkeys – for wildlife management, not dinner – was ...

The cargo wasn't huge, but it was precious. In fact the 29 cardboard boxes on the La Crosse-bound flight contained something missing from Wisconsin for about a century: wild turkeys. The date was Jan.

BRAINERD — The 2025 Minnesota wild turkey season begins a half-hour before sunrise on April 16. As with most outdoor ventures, preparation is key to success. Hunting wild turkeys demands as much or ...

The Eastern wild turkey is considered to be one of Connecticut’s conservation success stories, as decades of restoration efforts have brought the bird back from a population of less than 1,000 to an ...

In California, Thanksgiving is not the only time of year when turkeys invade the suburbs. Some Bay Area residents often see the plump fowl roaming neighborhood streets or outside of homes. But why are ...