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If money and time were no issue what state would you go and hunt if you could pick any?

For some reason its Wyoming, Montana or Idaho for me. For some reason the terrain and just vast views you could see would be freaking awesome to hunt in.
 
After hunting and killing a bird in NE last year, I have fallen in love hunting out west. Going to hit SD and WY this spring
 
I've hunted them in NE, SD and KS. All beautiful places to hunt but I'm really wanting to do a backpack hunt into a wilderness area out West. Arizona is likely the only place I could do that without digging to deep into the process.

This would be a time factor for sure as it wouldn't cost all that much, all things considered.


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Out west and the Great Plains chasing the white tipped Merriams is some of the best country side you'll ever see. The land is as vast and open and empty of people as you could imagine.
Hunting the swamps of south Florida is also a pretty place and fun hunting with lots of different wildlife and things to see.

But if I could hunt anywhere in the world, it'd be after an eastern gobbler in the hardwoods on a ridge somewhere around here. I'd rather kill one Eastern in Alabama or Tennessee in one season than 12 gobblers from 4 different states out west.


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South Dakota for me...never hunted turkeys out there. In fact I've only turkey hunted in Indiana and Tennessee, but my dream would be SD.
 
Geez, I just dont have much desire to hunt any birds other than Easterns. No desire for a slam, no desire for a super slam, no desire for a US slam. I just want to hunt Easterns.

I couldn't imagine a better place to hunt them than the farms I grew up on in TN, even tho we didnt have birds until I was a young adult.

That being said, I'd love to hunt Easterns in any state that has a high density. Nothing like hearing 10 birds on the roost and picking which one to go after, and while working him, hearing 3 or 4 more off in the distance. If the bird you're working gets hung up, no worries, just go on to the next one. No pressure to be perfect, just converse with as many toms as possible in a single day.

If I were to go on a destination hunt for scenery first and hunting second, it would probably be New Zealand.

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Geez, I just dont have much desire to hunt any birds other than Easterns. No desire for a slam, no desire for a super slam, no desire for a US slam. I just want to hunt Easterns.

I couldn't imagine a better place to hunt them than the farms I grew up on in TN, even tho we didnt have birds until I was a young adult.

That being said, I'd love to hunt Easterns in any state that has a high density. Nothing like hearing 10 birds on the roost and picking which one to go after, and while working him, hearing 3 or 4 more off in the distance. If the bird you're working gets hung up, no worries, just go on to the next one. No pressure to be perfect, just converse with as many toms as possible in a single day.

If I were to go on a destination hunt for scenery first and hunting second, it would probably be New Zealand.

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The "slams" and infatuation with killing different subspecies doesn't do much for me either. And I think of Eastern as my favorite, but I've never hunted the others. Except Nebraska. Officially considered hybrids. I'm comfortable saying I killed a rio out there, but I digress. But I love hunting different terrain and figuring out turkeys in new places. So I definitely want to hunt them in lots of different areas, but not because of the subspecies they represent.
 
the Farm I grew up hunting in Missouri. Shot my first Deer, Turkey, and numerous other animals there. It was just a hardwood ridge,with some hollers on each side, but each one of my family members had a different holler we could take off and chase birds or deer in and I absolutely love it. If I ever win the lottery, that will be the first place I go and try and buy.
 
I don't get too carried away by dreaming about hunting the the typical subspecies of turkeys in the USA. I've hunted a few of them already and a trip to do it really isn't that hard, or expensive to do. If I was to really want to do something cool, I'd travel to the Yucatan and hunt ocellated turkeys. I really think that's be fun.
 
You guys who don't care about chasing anything but easterns are really missing out... It isn't all about the 'killing' or 'slamming' for some of us, but more about the experience. Chasing them at nearly 9000' in elevation... Seeing species of wild animals you've never seen before...Wondering around majestic forests where you have no clue what half the tree species are... Finding elk sheds...Meeting other rednecks 1,500 miles away...'Celebratory' breakfasts at greasy mom and pop diners to experience the local cuisine. Visiting National Parks and other locations of interest along the way.. I could go on and on, there are a ton of aspects that make it awesome besides the killing part.

And I can guarantee you this.....Yeah, some of the other subspecies may be a bit 'easier' to kill (although I hesitate calling any turkey easy, almost seems disrespectful to me),but once you learn their habits, tendencies, how they use their habitat and terrain.. Just like with easterns, you'll become more effective at hunting them. Do it enough, and it will improve your game for these easterns at home too. Regardless of the subspecies, you can never learn too much about turkey.
 
Agree with several others. I love chasing the rolling hills and woods and hollers easterns, and playing the chess match with them, and I would love to chase a black wing Osceola in the future. Other than that, if I ventured to other areas to shoot a turkey, it would be as much for the walk in the wild and viewing the beautiful country as it would be for hunting/shooting the turkeys. I have several buds that have killed them in the west, midwest and northwest and they tell me those hunts will lift your self esteem when it comes to "killing" turkeys (lots easier than pressured easterns in the hardwoods). My .02
 

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