The consistent, dramatic decline in Kansas’ wild turkey population prompted the state in 2023 to forbid hunting them in the ...

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.

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 ...

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 researchers are looking into a concerning trend. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation said the state's turkey population has declined over the past decade. ODWC wants to know why ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Game Commission is collecting turkey sighting reports through March 15 to support its statewide population monitoring and ...

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 ...