Texas Fish & Game

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November 28, 2019

Gobble! Gobble! Turkey Grand Slam in 2019!

Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! The shrill sound of gobbling echoed through a deep tract of national forest in the Pineywoods of East Texas. As my friend and guide on this hunt Derek York worked […]
April 3, 2019

A Turkey Revolution Has Begun!

A society can only value what it understands. And with wildlife, understanding is only the beginning. People must find a way to appreciate wild animals enough to care whether or not they exist. Throughout decades of […]
March 15, 2019

White Turkeys-Wild, Feral or Butterballs? (Pt. 1)

White specimens of animals normally other colors are intriguing. Who can deny the iconic image of the white buffalo for example? When it comes to grabbing readers attention however we found that nothing does the job […]
March 14, 2019

Epic Turkey Quest Begins!

Award-winning conservationist, wildlife journalist and Texas Fish & Game Editor-In-Chief Chester Moore has begun an epic quest to seek out America’s wild turkey. Beginning March 1 he began a journey to get the “Grand Slam” (Rio […]
February 20, 2019

Wild Turkey Facts And Stories

The wild turkey is the most interesting game bird in North America. From our nation’s beginnings they were in fact highly revered. When the bald eagle was suggested as the nation’s symbol, founding father Benjamin Franklin […]
November 19, 2017

Are Hogs Killing Off Turkeys?

Wild turkeys are more numerous than they have been in decades and in some regions, there are arguably more birds than ever throughout the United States. Some states like Louisiana for example are seeing a decline. […]