We’re all familiar with a raspy hen yelp and a thundering tom gobble. But wild hens and gobblers make many turkey sounds beyond these two vocalizations. Each of these sounds express specific meanings.

PINE RIVER — Rolf Moen, of Nisswa, and I stood in the gray predawn doing what turkey hunters do; listen for the gobbling of tom turkeys as they announce the start of a new day from lofty perches.

Dogs bark and pigs oink. But the turkey has many calls, making a Cedar Key biologist's book on the subject a must-have for hunters. Dogs bark. Cats meow. But the wild turkey does not live by the ...

Well before the faintest indication of sunrise this morning, thousands of hunters around the state were already in the woods in eager anticipation of the arrival of spring turkey season. They were ...