The Texas Parks and Wildlife Division officials ... probably the most fun birds to hunt,” said Jason Hardin, TPWD wild turkey program leader. “They gobble readily and are not jaded by past ...

“We get a lot of problem birds,” said Jason Hardin, the wild turkey program leader for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. “Birds that upset other people. But once we put them on the ...

Of the five subspecies of wild turkey, Texas has three: the Rio Grande turkey, the eastern turkey, and Merriam’s turkey. The subspecies tend to inhabit different environments. For example ...

At the edge of the Rio Grande wild turkey range in Texas, this landscape historically has lower numbers of wild turkeys, resulting in a spring-only seasons. Hunters are allowed a one-gobbler bag ...

Albinism means there is no pigment at all. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wild turkey program leader Jason Hardin has seen photographs of Barrett’s gobbler. He agreed the bird is extremely ...

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 ...

A wild turkey’s wide-ranging diet is part of why the birds can ... Rios are native to the semi-arid southern Great Plains states, including Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and Texas. They depend heavily ...