We’re all familiar with a raspy hen yelp and a thundering tom gobble. But wild hens and gobblers make many turkey sounds beyond these two vocalizations. Each of these sounds express specific meanings.

The idea of spring turkey hunting is to dress like a bush; sit in front of a wide tree to protect your back from errant shots by other hunters, and make sounds like a hen turkey. When the gobbler ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — As the weather changes, so do the frequency of a turkey's gobble. Turkeys have an air sac located in their chest called the cervical air sac that can be compressed when there is a ...

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, it's that time of the year when The Gentle Barn shares facts about their resident ...

"What is wrong with me?" I said to the sleepy cur dog nodding off on the couch. Spring turkey season was coming toward us at light speed, and I couldn't seem to generate the proper level of enthusiasm ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This time of year in the hills of north ...

It’s a sound only male turkeys make, but the Michigan Department of Natural resources wants to know about all wild turkey sightings – male or female – during January throughout the state. Reporting ...

Dogs bark and pigs oink. But the turkey has many calls, making a Cedar Key biologist's book on the subject a must-have for hunters. Dogs bark. Cats meow. But the wild turkey does not live by the ...

May the best gobbler win. Turkey callers gathered at the Great Outdoors Show in Perry Saturday for a calling contest. 14 people competed in two divisions, junior and senior, to see who could make the ...