Fall Forecast: Mild to Moderate
A Chat with Bob Eriksen, NWTF director of conservation operations
Locating Fall Turkeys
Q: For turkey scouting purposes prior to or during fall hunting season, what distances and under what conditions will turkey flocks travel in mountain, ridges and valley terrain to find available mast crop and other food sources?
-- Don Heckman, Camp Hill, Pa.
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Calling Fall Wild Turkeys
Q: Does a turkey respond to calls at all in the fall? If so, what kind?
-- Rod Jones, Huxley, Iowa
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Equipment for Fall Turkey Hunting
Q: What is the best way to make a kee-kee or kee-kee-run call that is not a mouth diaphram call? Do they make such a call?
-- Greg O'Toole, Saginaw, Mich.
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Wild Turkey Biology
Q: What impact do turkeys have on pheasant and quail populations? It seems like turkey populations are really increasing and other game birds are at record lows.
-- Bob Hacker, Nebraska
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Wild Turkey Behavior
Q: Do turkeys follow the same daily patterns and habits in the fall as they do during the spring?
-- Rod Jones, Huxley, Iowa
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Hunting Wild Turkey Hens
Q: I've been told you should shoot a hen in the fall season. Do you believe this is good advice? They said not to shoot the jakes or toms. I need facts as to which bird to harvest in the fall.
-- Chuck Patch, Smock, Pa.
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State Turkey Hunting Laws
Q: How do you know when a state is ready for fall turkey hunting statewide? Our state only has fall hunting in three or four counties, and you must own 100 acres or more of land in that county to hunt.
— Steve Chappell, Tupelo, Miss.
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Wild Turkey Hunting - General
Q: Based on your hunting experience, what is the most effective method for setting up on turkeys in the fall?
-- Stephen Ramey, Shreveport, La.
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Dog Hunting for Wild Turkeys
Q: Why do so many states still not allow fall hunting with dogs? What is the major issue?
-- Glen Hoeinghaus, Geneva, Ill.
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