The spirited gobbling of wild turkeys echoes through oak mottes and mesquite thickets as Rio Grande gobblers herald dawn. With hens in the vanguard and gaudy gobblers strutting behind, turkeys ...

Drought conditions proved detrimental to Rio Grande wild turkey nesting success across Texas ... TPWD’s summer brood survey estimated .68 poults per hen statewide in 2022, nearly three times ...

A poor nesting season for Rio Grande turkeys in 2022 could catch up to hunters ... Wildflowers are popping up early and the early green-up will allow hens to gorge in preparation for early nesting ...

Gobblers are expected to spread out in search of hens, hens in search of nesting ... current dry conditions across much of the Rio Grande wild turkey range in coming weeks, biologists expect ...

Also, hens could remain flocked together as the ... There are some counties around the state where Rio Grande turkeys are struggling because of drought or urban encroachment into what had been ...

A strutting Rio Grande gobbler. Its lengthy snood is likely a sign ... Size also matters to female turkeys. Research indicates that hens are totally checking out the snoods on the gobblers who are ...

Males, known as toms, have j-shaped droppings, while the droppings of females, known as hens, are spiral. Spring and fall hunting seasons for Rio Grande and eastern turkey vary by zone.

Sometimes gobblers will be gobbling their heads off every time they hear a plaintive hen yelp ... that has a very healthy population of Rio Grande turkey and several years ago, eastern turkey ...

Starting in the late 1980s leading up to the end of the millennium, it seemed that landowners and hunters suddenly woke up to the fact that Texas Rio Grande turkey hunting was the best and most ...