It's important to learn all facets of calling the wild turkey, but even more important to be a safety-conscious hunter. Your spring woods are starting to bust wide open with gobbles, clucks and yelps. When thought out before hand, several hunters can chop up 500 to 1000 acres of prime, private turkey land.
Public land is a different proposition.
And if you yearn to take a Grand Slam of gobblers on public land, opportunities are getting better each season. To help in your search, we ve put together some of the top picks for each subspecies of the Grand Slam on public-access areas. Three simple approaches to finding public access hotspots for turkey hunting are to contact state game and fish agencies, the USDA Forest Service and private timber companies. These three groups control millions of acres of prime turkey habitat, and hunting is affordable. If these three options aren t enough, then try the turkey hunting on one or more Indian reservations out West.