Wing Tips

Preseason scouting is important. Get in shape, pattern your gun and learn where your birds feed, roost, water and loaf. Doing your homework will make harvesting a bird much easier.

Want to ensure your spring turkey season is a successful one? Follow the advice of these veteran gobbler hunters.

Mississippi has one of the most abundant wild turkey populations in the southeast, second only to Alabama. This is an incredible feat considering that not 80 years ago, the eastern wild turkey was on its last leg in the Magnolia State.

Reintroduction efforts and intensive management have made Mississippi a prime destination for Deep South turkey hunters. Not only do we have ample opportunities during our regular six-week season and week-long youth season, we have plenty of impressive gobblers that would make any turkey hunter green with envy.

MDWFP biologist Dave Godwin says that although 2009 may go down as one of the worst hatch years on record, this shouldn’t impact the number of 2-year-old gobblers seen in the woods this spring. The East-Central, Southwest and Southeast regions of the state showed the most promise in hatch numbers last year.

So what does it take to bag a bird that they say can see you blink at 200 yards and can slip up on you in ghastly silence in the spring woods? Turkey hunters, like all hunters, have their opinions about what is required to be successful in the field. Following is a pile of early-season tips from several turkey hunters across the state.

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