Female wild turkeys exposed to heavy hunting pressure tend to hatch more daughters, a response that could reshape flock ...

MyDNR, Indiana’s Outdoor Newsletter: Every May, wild turkey chicks (poults) begin to hatch in Indiana, and DNR needs your help counting turkey broods (hens with poults) and hens without poults. Brood ...

It is always captivating to watch a young fawn with brilliant white spots following a large doe near a wood lot or to see small Canadian Goose ducklings waddling behind their waterfowl adults near the ...

It takes approximately 12-13 days to lay the full clutch of eggs and another 26-28 days of continuous incubation for them to ...

Last year, we sat down with Drs. Mike Chamberlain and Patrick H. Wightman at the annual NWTF National Convention with some pressing questions about wild turkeys: Were bird numbers still declining? Did ...

Luther College senior biology major Avery Wrage swabs the inside of a turkey egg to collect samples for DNA analysis at Sampson Hoffland Laboratory at the college in Decorah on Thursday. The college ...

If you see a wild turkey in the next three months, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) asks that you log it ...

Wild Bulletin, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fish and Wildlife: Your contributions to the 2023 Turkey Brood Survey surpassed the goal of 3,000 observations. Between July 1-Aug. 31, you ...

Aug. 1—It's August, which is turkey time for the state Department of Environmental Conservation. With the help of the public, the DEC conducts its Summer Wild Turkey Sighting Survey annually. They are ...

Thanksgiving. But when a recent viral discussion revealed that baby turkeys aren’t called chicks, it caught many off guard. The correct term is poult. It’s not just a vocabulary tweak. It signals how ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza struck Minnesota turkey breeder Loren Brey’s flocks first, forcing him to euthanize close to 20,000 birds in late 2023. Four months later, avian metapneumovirus ...