Wild turkey populations in New York have increased dramatically ... and the breast feathers are tipped with light tan. Male turkeys usually have spurs that vary in size up to two inches, depending on ...

Wild turkey meat tends to be a little darker ... including the beard, or the spur found on a male’s leg. The spur’s length depends on the size and age of the bird, according to Gribbons.

“Whatever you do for the wild turkey, you do for all animals, you know, you quail dove deer,” West Mobile Golden Spurs chapter of the NWTF member Kenneth Weiss said. “We have supplemental ...