2025 Alberta Merriam's Turkey Brood Survey

Please use this online form to record all wild turkeys you see between June 4 and November 30, 2025:

  • Enter your wild turkey observation below.
  • Enter different groups (i.e., different location on the same day) on a separate form.
  • Make note if you feel you have seen the same turkeys before in the "observed previously" section.

Your time and observations are appreciated! Thank you for taking the time to fill out this survey.

* Required

1. Date turkeys were observed*:

Please only log observations between June 4 and November 30, 2025.

2. Number of hens*:

Hens are adult female turkeys. Please enter '0' if you did not observe a hen.

3. Number of poults*:

Poults are young-of-the-year. Please enter '0' if you did not observe a poult.

4. Number of toms or jakes*:

Toms are mature adult males; jakes are immature, 1-year-old males. Please enter '0' if you did not observe a male.

5. Number of turkeys where age or sex is unknown*:

Please enter '0' if you did not observe any unknown turkeys.

6. Turkey observed previously?*

Yes
No or uncertain

7. Size of poults:

Size of the young-of-the-year when compared to the size of the hen.
¼ hen size
½ hen size
¾ hen size

8. Email address (optional):

Your email address will be used to send you the survey results, when available. Only enter your email address on your first submission.

9. Comments (optional):

Do you have any additional information you would like to to share?

10. Location*:














If "Other", please enter a description of the location:

Disclaimer:

Information collected from the public for the Turkey Survey will be used solely for Alberta Conservation Association's (ACA) turkey studies and its subsequent documentation, media support or promotion, and marketing materials. These studies may include indices for wild turkey reproductive success, including summer nesting success and brood survival; track changes in turkey populations; and subsequent hunter harvest. Information submitted is subject to the Privacy Policy stated on Alberta Conservation Association's website.

I have carefully read the Terms of Use and expressly give consent to use information provided
in the survey for ACA's purposes.