This Turkey Tuesday is about dusting and molting, 2 things that go hand-in-hand during late summer. Dusting is an activity all turkeys do, but late
This Turkey Tuesday is about the consistency of breeding and nesting efforts in wild turkey populations. I’ll often hear us turkey hunters talk about the
This Turkey Tuesday is about later hatched poults, which many of us see in late summer. These pictures show poults that are nearly the size
We evaluated nest site selection and found that nest initiation date had the strongest effect on daily nest survival. In fact, hens that nested at
This Turkey Tuesday is about gobbling activity – in this case, the sometimes dramatic day to day variation that all turkey hunters have experienced. The
This Turkey Tuesday is about one of the color variations sometimes observed in wild turkeys – the melanistic morph. Many species of birds have more
We used banding data from >3000 Rios to estimate annual survival and harvest rates, and estimate a population size in Texas. We found that annual
This Turkey Tuesday is about strutting, in this case by hens with broods. These pictures, sent to me by Brian Lovett, show a really interesting
This Turkey Tuesday is about the groups of older poults we’re hopefully seeing across our landscapes. Once poults reach 2 weeks of age, their survival
This Turkey Tuesday is about kin selection. Kin selection is the concept where in a highly competitive breeding situation, a tom’s best bet to increase
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
