As trophy gobblers go, this Rio Grande turkey was as grand as they come ... right on top of one of the poles with five to six hens off to side. He was fully fanned out and gobbling like crazy ...

When it reaches a place in the woods or a field where he thinks this excited hen can see him, he’ll stop and expect her to come running to him. “More often than not if a turkey’s gobbling ...

There are also Rio Grande turkeys in the Blue Mountains ... WA and beyond for only Most hunters will call the toms into range with hen calls, and they sometimes use decoys to lure them closer.

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 ...

Samantha and Christopher Smiley hold their Rio Grande turkeys in Kanas in 2023 ... they kick out the smaller birds. The hens do the same thing. They kick out the weaker hens, the dominant hens ...

Her dad said there were 50 gobblers working in that field for about 100 hens ... turkey from Pennsylvania gobbling on a limb. Her Wyoming Merriam bird is a chest mount, her Kansas Rio Grande ...

Michigan began transplanting wild turkeys from Pennsylvania in the Allegan ... (which we have in Michigan), Osceola (Florida), Rio Grande (down Texas-way) and Merriam’s (out west).

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...