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When scouting for spring turkeys, hunters tend to concentrate their efforts on roosting areas, clearings, and travel routes between the two areas. This approach makes sense, as gobblers are more ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Ask average Americans what they know about the feeding of a turkey and the sum of knowledge is this: Turkeys are ready to eat when the plastic thermometer pops out. When it comes ...
Each year in winter, New Hampshire Fish and Game asks the public to provide information on turkey flocks in New Hampshire. Bird feeders are one of the main sources of food for turkeys in the winter, ...
HENRYS FORK, Idaho — As I sat watching a flock of wild turkeys fly into some mature cottonwoods to roost for the night, I heard a limb break. I had just taken a picture of three roosting turkeys on ...
APPLETON — The Fox Valley has a turkey problem, and the Appleton Police Department is asking residents to not contribute to it. In recent years, wild turkeys have appeared in neighborhoods across ...
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What Do Turkeys Eat?

The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is a game bird native to North America. It belongs to the order Galliformes, which also includes other ground-feeding birds like chickens, peacocks, pheasants, ...