In anticipation of the April 15 opener, I’ve been researching the differences between various wild turkey subspecies—from the Merriams of the Rocky Mountain West to Florida’s Osceola and the ...

The National Wild Turkey Federation estimates that only 30,000 ... Montana Department of Fish and Game released a total of 57 Merriam’s turkeys from Colorado and Wyoming into areas of central ...

There are five subspecies of wild turkeys across North America. Texas provides habitats for three species: Merriam’s, Rio Grande and Eastern. The Merriam’s turkey is the least common ...

Usually, those turkeys have lived a wild life before Thanksgiving ... The native of the two birds, Merriam’s turkey can be found in the high-elevation foothills of western Colorado.

The National Wild Turkey Federation wrote in a blog ... not only supplementing the Merriam’s turkey populations that were native to the state but also introducing Rio Grande turkeys along ...

harvested a Merriam’s turkey May 22 last year which had six beards and inch and a half spurs. The bird has been judged the Best Overall Merriam’s wild turkey by the National Wild Turkey ...

the eastern wild turkey bird is one of the most abundant subspecies and is found in swamps and forests. The other United States subspecies Taylor mentions are Merriam’s, Rio Grande, Osceola ...

For Chip Davis of Grenada, Mississippi, his elephant was a goal to complete every National Wild ... state turkey in Missouri and ended May 3 in British Columbia where he harvested a Merriam's ...

Since their reintroduction in Pine Ridge in 1959, the wild turkey has been wildly successful in Nebraska. Just 28 Merriam’s were released at the time, and their numbers increased quickly and ...