Lovett Williams Jr. of Florida, perhaps the nation's most esteemed wild turkey biologist, has written of strutting hens, and said it's fairly common for hens to briefly fan their tail feathers ...

Sports 'Hotty hen' spoils turkey shoot with flirty feather dance Published: Apr. 30, 2011, 10:07 p.m. By Frank Sousa ...

Then a tom turkey tucks his chin, drops his wings and fans that giant tail, his well-kept feathers radiating iridescent gold, green, purple and bronze, depending on the light angle.

“The first two weeks after hatching are critical in terms of poult survival as the hen tries to keep the poults eating often to gain enough protein to be able to develop flight feathers ...

Adult male tom turkey feathers were especially prized, as they can be iridescent red, purple, green, cooper, bronze and gold, while the female hen's feathers are dull brown and gray.

Turkey feathers would not tumble from Crowell's head, of course. But turkey voices absolutely do come from his head, hands and heart. Crowell handcrafts turkey calls, transforming chunks of native ...

It was the call of a hen turkey, and with my curiosity piqued, I undertook a serious search for the call’s origin. As I rounded the endcap of an aisle, I found a young boy who appeared to be no ...