Wild turkeys are opportunistic omnivores, which means they will eat a wide range of foods, both animal and plant. Here are some of the foods that wild turkeys eat:

• Acorns, nuts, and berries: Acorns are a key food source for wild turkeys, and they also eat other nuts like beech nuts, pecans, hickory nuts, and walnuts. Other staples of the wild turkey diet include berries, wild grapes, crabapples, and hackberries.

• Seeds and grains: Turkeys eat seeds and grains like cracked corn, millet, milo, wheat, and oats. They will also eat spilled birdseed or corn and wheat in agricultural fields.

• Plants and leaves: Turkeys browse on plant buds and shoots in the early spring and feed off fern fronds, club mosses, and weeds such as burdock. Grasses, sedges, and many wildflowers provide wild turkeys with seeds to eat. They also eat leaves, but it is not recommended to feed them piles of leaves.

• Small reptiles and insects: Wild turkeys eat small reptiles like lizards and snakes, as well as insects like grasshoppers, spiders, snails, crickets, and slugs.

It is important to note that feeding wild turkeys in residential areas isnt good for them and can compromise the overall health of wild turkey populations. Providing food repeatedly causes them to congregate, which results in a build-up of droppings and unnaturally increases contact between flocks. These conditions can encourage disease outbreaks and the spread of disease through wild turkey populations. Therefore, it is best to let them forage for their own food and not to feed them.