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FALMOUTH — The coronavirus pandemic has canceled dozens of spring traditions, from college basketball’s Final Four to Easter Sunday services, but there’s one rite that’s going on largely unfettered – turkey hunting.

Every state except Alaska, which is the only state with no turkeys, hosts a spring turkey hunt each year. The birds, whose domesticated cousins grace Thanksgiving tables from Hawaii to Maine, are among America’s greatest conservation success stories.

A wild turkey crosses a field in Freeport on Monday. Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press

The hunt is taking on a new look in some parts of the country this year due to social distancing laws…