This Turkey Tuesday is focused on the current and future status of wild turkeys. This picture is one of my favorites, a stunning picture taken
This Turkey Tuesday is about the realization that not all hens are created equal. With toms, we often look at them differently based on body
This issue’s column will discuss early versus late hatches—renesting and flock social dynamics, habitat and seasonal influences that impact survival rates in late hatched poults.
This Turkey Tuesday is about toms with multiple beards – something I’ve posted about before but a topic that’s always of interest with turkey hunters.
This Turkey Tuesday is about differences in managing for turkeys and white-tailed deer. I often hear people state or suggest that “if it’s good for
This Turkey Tuesday is about the smoke gray color variation in wild turkeys – one that is often mistaken for domestic varieties that superficially look
This Turkey Tuesday is about something many of us see during winter – flocks of hens that always seem to have a group of jakes
This Turkey Tuesday is about predation – in this case, from golden eagles. Wild turkeys in western parts of their range deal with golden eagles
This Turkey Tuesday is about strutting and displaying by toms – but during winter, not spring. Us turkey hunters see toms strutting around hens, and
We used trail cameras to quantify the diversity and abundance of potential nest predators within known incubation ranges, the areas nesting hens were using while
This Turkey Tuesday is about turkey talk. When we think about the vocabulary of the wild turkey, gobbling obviously comes
This Turkey Tuesday is about how adept wild turkeys are at obtaining food when it starts to become limited in
We assessed with exploratory analyses if weather during or prior to nesting predicted whether nests would be successful. We found
This Turkey Tuesday is about the development of behaviors in wild turkeys, which often seem to resemble what we think
This Turkey Tuesday is about what we’re learning about Gould’s wild turkeys, the most poorly understood subspecies. Gould’s are found
We examined habitat use of Gould’s wild turkeys, the most poorly understood subspecies. We found that Gould’s strongly selected for
This Turkey Tuesday is about being a true omnivore – meaning you eat both plants and animals. Wild turkeys are
This Turkey Tuesday is about how to improve the quality of forage plots planted for deer, only from a turkey’s
This Turkey Tuesday is about how important fall is to wild turkeys as they prepare for winter. With fall upon
This Turkey Tuesday is about gobbles – in this case, how they differ as you move from one subspecies and
This Turkey Tuesday is about gobbling – in this case, during the fall well before breeding season approaches. When us
With deer season now on the brain, we hit up one of our favorite mature buck nerds, Dr. Mike Chamberlain
We examined recursive movements of broods, which are movements back to areas they’ve previously used. We found that ground roosting
We monitored broods during the first month after hatching to determine how their selection of habitats changed as they aged.
This Turkey Tuesday is about growing up – in this case, the transition from being a jake to being an
This Turkey Tuesday is about covering your tail, or in popular slang, the ole CYA! Like other birds, wild turkeys
This Turkey Tuesday is about the spring shuffle and the old saying of “here today, gone tomorrow”. Wild turkeys are
This Turkey Tuesday is about roosts and the fact that some are more important than others. Roosts are critical to
