Whether you dream of mounting a prize bird over the mantle or are inspired to photograph turkeys in their natural environment, this comprehensive guide includes everything you need to successfully observe, track, and hunt wild turkeys. Offering an overview of turkey habitats, distribution, feeding patterns, and mating rituals, John J. Mettler Jr. provides expert advice on safety, clothing, weapons, equipment, field dressing, and even cooking wild turkey. Who’s ready for a turkey hunt?
The book is designed to further the already incredible comeback of America's wild turkey.
—WILLIAM F. PORTER (1992) The concept of habitat in this chapter was proposed by Block and Brennan (1993) and Krausman and Morrison (2016). Habitat is organism specific and is defined as “a subset of physical environmental factors that ...
Although uncontrolled hunting once reduced turkey numbers, today there is a resurgence of the wild turkey population. This book will help you understand the wild turkey's habits and teach techniques you'll need to hunt them.
This book explores the wild turkey, including its habitat, appearance, history, seasonal habits, scientific classification, life cycle, predators, and defenses.
Unlike their domesticated relatives, wild turkeys can fly.
Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and life cycle of wild turkeys.
Provides an excellent introduction to the sport of turkey hunting including safety considerations, licenses, gear, and hunting strategies.
The story of Wild Turkey is in many ways the story of bourbon itself. From the struggles of nineteenth-century immigrants, to the triumphs of the longest-tenured master distiller in the world, a bold, uniquely American spirit emerges.
This work encompasses scientific data about our largest game bird including; food requirements and habitat, habits and enemies, forest management and winter feeding and the application of such knowledge to successful hunting.
When I Was a Turkey is a middle-grade adaptation of the remarkable true story of a naturalist who raised a flock of wild turkeys using imprinting.