The wild turkey is the largest American game bird. Mature toms have a cluster of bristle like feathers called a beard that hangs from the chest, beard length is an indication of age, grows up to 12 inches or longer. Also a bony spur protruding from the back of the each leg. Vision and hearing A turkeys eyesight is unbelievably keen and can detect color and movement from half mile away. Night vision not as good.
Hearing is better than man.
However their sense of smell is not good. They are very attuned to surroundings and will see any movement easily. The most common in the US ranges farthest north and usually the largest of the subs southern Canada to Florida, west Texas to the east coast. Osceola Native of Florida and ranges to Georgia and Louisiana, smaller than eastern, darker color, less white in the quills, adapted to swamp lands. Rio Grande Scrub country of the great plains, Texas, Mexico, successfully transplanted to Hawaii and Idaho.