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The Zimmerman Family home farm was settled by August Zimmerman in the 1870s near Northfield, Minnesota. It started as a mixed ...
Gobble, gobble! Amuse yourself with this collection of funny turkey pictures captured by Birds & Blooms readers.
Turkey producers talk about the benefits they've seen from adding lasers to their arsenal for warding off migratory birds.
As you drive around the area, you can’t help but be amazed at what nature has provided us in Stillwater. Turkeys and geese ...
The story of Green Island in Wadena is part of Lakes Country Treasures, a series which takes readers down the back roads of Minnesota and to some of the unique must-see gems of lakes country.
Hunters registered 50,071 turkeys in the 2025 Wisconsin spring turkey hunting season, about equal to the previous year and ...
Last year, Minnesota growers lost an estimated 2.2 million turkeys to avian metapneumovirus (aMPV), according to a study prepared for the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association.
Today, turkeys provide a hunting opportunity in northwest Minnesota that no one could have imagined 25 years ago. This year’s Minnesota turkey season opened April 16, with “A through F ...
In 2024, hunters in the state harvested 16,714 turkeys in the spring, a 22% increase from 2023 and the most since 1978, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Minnesota has tested turkeys that were live trapped for diseases and have found none, he said. The first hunting season was the spring of 1978 when 420 precious permits were given out by lottery.
BRAINERD — The 2025 Minnesota wild turkey season begins a half-hour before sunrise on April 16. As with most outdoor ventures, preparation is key to success. Hunting wild turkeys demands as much ...