The Merriam's Wild Turkey If the Rio Grande is the turkey of the plains and prairies, the Merriam's is the mountain turkey Though believed to have been native to what is now New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado their modern/introduced range includes 15 states and four Canadian provinces They are New Mexico, Arizona, California, Colorado The Rio Grande wild turkey is one of the smaller subspecies, as gobblers generally weigh around pounds and hens only weigh about 10 pounds on average You can find them in the central plain states like Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Kansas, and also out west in Colorado Utah, California and Oregon With population numbers sitting rightJust look up the speices ranges and you will generally get an idea of what turkey your huntingTexas has Rio and eastern and Kansas has both Rio and eastern with the Rios being more to west and the eastern being more to the far easttypically a Rio is a bigger bird than the easterns in the southern statesand the rio in full strut has a lot more whiter colors than a easternBoth are
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