It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a wild turkey and its babies. ODNR has counted the wild turkey hatches of 2024, using a metric called Ohio’s wild turkey poult index, according to their website.

As the snow melts and temperatures climb, spring turkey seasons across the country are starting to open. In some regions like the Upper Midwest, wild turkey populations seem healthy. In others, ...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife reports an increase in the 2024 wild turkey poult index. Early results from this year's wild turkey count in Ohio indicate the population ...

Corn feeders, a common sight across rural Oklahoma, can pose an unexpected risk to wild turkeys during hot summer months.

Mama wasn’t happy and she was letting me know it. I was on a late spring hike near Julian and had strayed too close to a well-hidden wild turkey nest. As the poults scattered, the protective adult ...