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February 14, 2023

Turkeys And Storms: Study Tracks Birds In Hurricane Devastated Forest

Officials with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Louisiana State University and the U.S. Forest Service are conducting a major study of turkeys in the Kisatchie National Forest in west-central Louisiana. The study is tracking […]
January 8, 2023

TPWD Releases Eastern Turkeys Into Angelina County

Last Thursday, 20 Eastern turkeys from Maine were released into Angelina County in the Middle Neches Eastern Turkey Cooperative. The birds were released by officials with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD), in partnership with […]
March 22, 2022

Eastern Turkey Pics Earn Hunters Prizes

Hunters are responding to the Turkey Revolution Eastern Turkey Aware photo contest. Hunters (and wildlife photographers) who submit Eastern turkey photos from Texas and Louisiana will be a challenge token and decal. James Handley submitted these […]
February 1, 2022

Tracking Eastern Turkeys

A cutting-edge study to examine the lives of Eastern wild turkeys has crossed the Sabine River from Louisiana into East Texas. Louisiana State University (LSU) researchers with the cooperation of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department […]
January 20, 2022

Maine Turkeys Help Complete Franklin County Super Stocking

“Live Animals” Thirteen  boxes with green and white stickers announcing this was organic, living cargo arrived at the headquarters of Cooper Lake Wildlife Management Area in Northeast Texas. The decal had an icon of a dog, […]
May 7, 2019

Hunting The Eastern Turkey In New York

“Dad this fried chicken is great! I’m going to get some more,” exclaimed my 12-year-old daughter Faith. “That’s not chicken kiddo. That’s the eastern turkey I shot when I was in New York Wednesday,” I replied. […]