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It is always captivating to watch a young fawn with brilliant white spots following a large doe near a wood lot or to see ...
Ohio’s wild turkeys made meaningful whoopee as gauged from reports submitted by public observers during summer. The Ohio Division of Wildlife shared these findings last week. The observations ...
Ohio hunters harvested more than 16,000 wild turkeys during the spring 2025 season with Ashtabula County leading the way.
Turkeys nest on the ground, with the female scooping out a shallow hole that she lines with feathers and soft plant material. The clutch size can be as many as 17 spotted, pale tan to white eggs ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) asks Florida residents and visitors to report sightings of wild turkeys between now and Aug. 31, including hens, poults, and gobblers.The ...
Wild turkeys were reintroduced to Iowa in the 1960s, after being wiped out in the early 1900s through hunting and habitat loss. ... Turkeys nest on the ground in April and May.
“The Case of the Missing Turkeys” continues as I have found that I was not imagining things and a flock of wild turkeys had been living in Wheaton but had mysteriously disappeared.
A wild turkey is Ohio’s largest upland game bird. ... and over the previous two springs they tracked more than 100 wild turkeys to learn about nest timing and survival.
Wild turkeys number between 30,000 and 35,000 in Massachusetts, ... In the spring, it's a half hour before sunrise to noon to protect the hens who are foraging and nesting.
March 26, 2025 Wild turkey on solo 'adventure' captures curiosity of Fishtown residents The young male bird has been roosting in Palmer Cemetery, gobbling at dawn and perching on rooftops.
Poults per hen averaged 2.8 in 2023, 3.0 in 2022 and 3.1 in 2021. That string of above-average nesting success raised the 10-year average to 2.8 from the previous 2.7.
Ohio's wild turkey poult index for 2024 is slightly above the 10-year average, ... That string of above-average nesting success raised the 10-year average to 2.8 from the previous 2.7.