Don't know about different environment... We don't really have forests here unless you consider shelter belts. We had pheasants for a few years, then turkeys for a few, now back to pheasants... Mom in PA always had pheasants, the last few years they had turkeys show up (never saw them at her...
I'm just curious... maybe it's just co-incidence, but it seems that we either have pheasants around, or wild turkeys. There never seems to be both... So I have to wonder, is it possible that they don't like to share territory? I know that there are some colors that turkey toms don't like (such...