Wild turkeys were a 20th-century conservation triumph. After the birds dwindled or vanished across much of their ancestral range, decades of work helped re-establish healthy populations.

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is midway through its $2 million four-year study on wild turkeys in the state. Researchers said there is a decline in turkey populations.

If you care about endangered animals in Oklahoma, you're probably willing to talk turkey. Wild turkey. Only they're not endangered — not any more at least. They exist in all 77 counties of the ...

In Kansas and Oklahoma, two of the states with the largest declines, turkey populations have decreased by 60% since 2007 and 51% between 2014 and 2019, respectively.

Wild turkey populations have declined in the past several years in Oklahoma, especially in western parts of the state that have had an extreme drought. In Arkansas, the number of young turkeys born ...

Wild turkeys were a 20th-century conservation triumph. ... Nicolle De Filippo and Cyrena Bedoian, were working with Chitwood on a study of turkeys in Oklahoma’s forested southeast.

Wild turkeys generally feed on seeds, nuts, insects and berries. They also love food left out by people — intentionally or by accident — such as bird seed, pet food, chicken feed and table scraps.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Predators, weather extremes, disease and habitat changes are threatening the survival of Oklahoma’s wild turkey population, experts told lawmakers during an interim study this ...

Wild turkeys generally feed on seeds, nuts, insects and berries. They also love food left out by people — intentionally or by accident — such as bird seed, pet food, chicken feed and table scraps.

But Tanna says last week’s turkey hunt might be one of their coolest yet. Just before 7 a.m. on Saturday, Tanna tagged a banded gobbler while they were hunting together in Eastern Oklahoma. “I never ...

This approach makes sense, as gobblers are more focused on strutting their stuff than securing a meal this time of year. But turkeys have to eat, too, and paying attention to what wild turkeys eat can ...