The short window between January and March — wild turkey trapping season — in southeastern Montana netted more than 100 birds this year. The season is halted before the birds begin breeding. "The ...

I started trapping to save the turkeys. Like a lot of hunters in the southeast and midwest, I’d noticed fewer birds and less gobbling during the past several springs, and I wondered why. If you ask a ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is asking the public to report sightings of turkey flocks. The Game Commission traps and attaches leg bands to turkeys during the winter to monitor populations.

It’s mid-April when toms and jakes strut, puff out their feathers, fan their tails and let loose with their glorious valley-filling, heart-stopping gobble to attract hens. Hunters scout their land and ...