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.

PINE RIVER — Rolf Moen, of Nisswa, and I stood in the gray predawn doing what turkey hunters do; listen for the gobbling of tom turkeys as they announce the start of a new day from lofty perches.

For those of us who enjoy being outdoors during spring, whether bird watching, morel mushroom gathering, hiking, biking, turkey hunting or doing something else, the gobble of the male wild turkey is ...

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

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 ...

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 ...