must be nice to live in a state where the dnr is liberal with the turkey tags,here in MN we get one bearded bird (if your lucky enough to kill one) in the spring,and one bird either sex in the fall,very little of the state is open for fall hunts,about half to two thirds open for spring,all done on lottery spring and fall. our dnr is still claiming we dont have a strong enough population of birds to open it up to more birds or over the counter tags. every flock i keep and eye on (which is about six differant ones) when they are in there winter flocks they average 150 birds each.,and thats all within about a 20 mile radius from my house,that doesnt even count the flocks i know of on state land. i tell you what these easterns here can be real buggers to hunt to,even on private land they get so pressured they are worse than deer.
one year on a piece of private land that i bow hunt,the guy lets people hunt all season long,the birds would see a decoy and head the other way,they would hear you call and head the other way,they would see a blind and head the other way. the private land around here isnt huge tracks of land,maybe 150 acres would be average and most of that would be field and maybe about 40-50 acres would be woods so stalkinf is almost out of the question. can make for some tuff hunting.been eating tag stew the last few years,never did acquire at taste for that yet. lol
