Last year was my second year hunting the 'big bird'...and all I have to say is that I have turkey fever worse then last year this time! I find myself thinking about where those buggers might be, constantly scanning over google earth thinking..."maybe they like it here or ooo over here..I'll have to hit this place."
I intend on heading over at least a week prior to and scouting a few areas...I have a Merriam that has a freaking paint brush dangling from his chest that got the best of me last year! Which begs questioning...I've heard that the Rio's have more of a tan terminal band while the Merriam have almost white, however, where I have seen this bird is nowhere in the area that the WDFW say there are Merriam. This turkey made my first two look as if they had brown terminal bands...very bright!