This turkey has two beards but a male turkey usually has only one beard. The wild turkey life span is usually 4-5 years. During the spring, mating season takes place. The male's head will turn color in shades of blue, red, and white at the same time but the female's head does not change color. During hunting season in spring, a hunter uses a call to make sounds which imitate the hen.
Hens are normally smaller in size than the males.
During the spring, the hens are on their nests which are in the trees. This is called roosting. Hens cannot be hunted in the spring. A hunter is allowed to kill 2 turkeys per year in West Virginia. He may take 2 gobblers in the spring or 1 in the spring and 1 gobbler or hen during the fall hunting season.