deep blue or bright red depending on mood. The throat wattles are red. The body is covered with iridescent feathers. The Rio Grande turkey is slightly smaller than the Eastern turkey. The tom's ...

Working to hunters' advantage, months of dry conditions throughout most of the state's best Rio Grande turkey range will concentrate many of those birds around available water. But that lack of ...

Hunters should never wear red or blue because it increases the chance ... have grown because of the successful transplants of Rio Grande turkeys. The start of turkey hunting season has thus ...

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blue and bronze. They also have black-tipped breast feathers. Females have buff-tipped breast feathers and have a whiter appearance. The new kid on the block, the Rio Grande turkey has made parts ...

In what felt like 15 seconds after I initially hit the call, the heads of two Rio Grande turkeys materialized, bobbing toward me. The midday sun made the red and blue of their heads and the dark ...

A poor nesting season for Rio Grande turkeys in 2022 could catch up to hunters afield this spring. An extended drought put turkeys into survival mode, leaving little energy for reproduction.

Texas has an estimated Rio Grande turkey population of about 590,000, down slightly from the 610,000 long-term estimated, but a number on the rise after several dry years impacted nesting.

Now, the Rio Grande subspecies of turkey is being introduced as an Arizona resident. Fifty-five Rio Grande turkeys were relocated to Arizona in January by the Arizona Game and Fish Department ...