The Iowa Department of Natural Resources no longer registers trophy wild turkeys. However, the National Wild Turkey Federation invites you to register your turkey through their official wild turkey records program. Adults have rounded tips with white barring extending all the way to the tip. Juveniles have narrow pointed feathers with no white bars on the last 2 inches. In addition, the tail fan on an adult has a regular contour of tail feathers, while a juvenile has an irregular contour.
Males have black tipped breast feathers and leg spurs, although spur length varies with age.
Female turkeys have buff-tipped breast feathers and no leg spurs.