Snood size also plays a role in male-on-male competition. Wild turkeys have a wildly competitive social system, with combat and other dominance displays laying the groundwork for pecking order.

Snoods of mature male turkeys, called toms, are longer and more prominent than female turkeys, called hens, or young male turkeys, called jakes. A 1997 study in the Journal of Avian Biology found ...

Male wild turkeys can weigh up to 25 pounds, and the average female weighs around half that amount. Wild turkeys faced extinction in the early 1900s due to hunting, with the population around just ...

The male poults, or jakes, will generally be kicked out of the group the following spring by dominant gobblers. Wild turkeys were plentiful when European colonists first came to Southern Appalachia.

Learn more about how to tell the difference between male and female turkeys at mass.gov. Plus: Submit reports of sightings online. The turkey count started June 1 and runs through the end of August.

They studied the behavior of over 100 wild male eastern turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) across two populations in South Carolina and Georgia, focusing on their risk-taking and exploratory ...

Adult male Merriam’s wild turkey in Upper Sonoran life zone habitat, Meleagris gallopavo merriami, Photographed at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum … ...

While it’s common to see flocks of wild turkeys in Sacramento, either pecking at lawns or roaming on the side of a road, the experience can still be intimidating. These birds, which can run 18 ...

The wild turkey hunting season gets underway today with the youth season. Iowa DNR wildlife biologist Jim Coffey says hunters bagged a record 16,000 birds last year. “We’re expanding a similar ...

The male poults, or jakes, will generally be kicked out of the group the following spring by dominant gobblers. Wild turkeys were plentiful when European colonists first came to Southern Appalachia.