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When it comes to Kansas turkey hunting we offer what turkey hunters have told us through the years that made their self guided wild turkey hunting experience as good as it can get. Much of that information is expressed in the turkey habitat pictures we present.

 

Every picture we present has a story behind it that gives one more small insight into the hunts we offer. This picture was taken on February 1st. Notice the feeding location. It is wide open as is the majority of our wild turkey habitat.

Scouting

The next most commented aspect of our do it yourself Kansas turkey hunts is how scouting is by binoculars rather than shock call.

Spending the first day or two finding and then roosting a flock leaves the hunter just to connect the dots from roost to flydown area to strutting areas and day long feeding fields. After that, it is nearly a mechanical process to setup, interdicting the route between two or more of these points. Then comes the frustration with Kansas’ allowing all day long hunts. The same hunters that find success setting in ambush near a roost at flydown invariably fails at the same interdiction at return to roost that afternoon when seeking to fill the second tag from the same flock.

Afternoon Hunting

This late afternoon hunts or return to roost hunts are such an unknown to the vast majority of morning hunt only hunters that most repeat the learning process they stumble through learning how to hunt the morning flydown. Those that think they know how to morning hunt effectively and have had years of success at it frequently find only frustration when attempting a reverse process for the late afternoon/early evening return to roost hunt.

The turkeys move differently, the individual birds react differently and soon the hunter learns that the only attraction for this return to roost hunt for the birds is the roost branch. The turkeys appear to have the single minded, un-distractible, straight ahead approach to getting a good nights rest. Having such an experience leaves many of these same hunters to find that setting up for noon time or later strutting area hunts to be far more effective.

Kansas turkey season offers the hunter a chance to do more than ambush the morning flydown. The daytime strutting area and return to roost hunts makes for an entire day of turkey hunting that most from morning only states never experience.

A jake having his feathers ruffled by the wind.

Just as with all other aspects of our long Kansas turkey hunting spring season clothing requires a range of diversity as we have been snowed on as well as earned sunburns on opening week through the end of the long season being extremely nice weather where sun block is a good thing. Most hunters have a range of calls, clothing and general equipment and will use one or several on any give day throughout any portion of the Kansas spring turkey season.

Wild Birds

The links below offer increasingly greater detail on various aspects of our Kansas wild turkey hunts. Having a read of all will give the website reviewer a wealth of information on which to base a telephone conversation for membership application.

What should be noted by all is that the Kansas turkey hunter is not left with just one opportunity alone, we also have lease land in Missouri and Iowa and all is available for the same cost.
What we always like to see is this kind of feedback from our self guided turkey hunters who at their courtesy send in pictures and letters from their turkey and other hunts. This website is filled with such examples and all without any compensation. This is loyalty that cannot be surpassed and born from an organization with an absolute parity attitude for all, friendly relations and an agreement the rules are immutable.

Most of the Association hunters recognize the effort the staff puts into ensuring each has a good hunt. Their sending in pictures is recognition of thanks that we always work toward earning.

 

Eastern and Kansas Rio Grande Turkey hunt section

Spring turkey season hunts

Alternate spring season discussion