We used GPS data collected from toms in a hunted and non-hunted population to evaluate differences in movement traits, including metrics of risk-taking and exploration. We also assessed how hunters and natural predators influenced these movement traits. We found a considerable amount of variation in both risk-taking and exploration relative to whether hunting was occurring. Specifically, toms that natural predators took behaved similarly in both populations, but hunters took toms that were risk takers. If these risk-taking traits are heritable, our findings could mean that turkeys could become more difficult to hunt.
