Spring Turkey
We hunt the spring gobblers on over 60,000 acres of private leases here in Northeast Wyoming. We also have access to country in South Dakota. This allows us to provide a two-bird hunt.

Our season runs the second Saturday in April through May 20. Hunts are three days for single- and two-bird hunts. Licenses in Wyoming can be purchased over the counter (no drawing). The South Dakota licenses are unlimited, but must be purchased over the Internet or by mail. We will provide you with the information to do this.

Over the past seventeen years our hunters have had excellent success on long-bearded birds.

Our big leases hold excellent numbers of Merriams. Combined with little hunting pressure, this makes for excellent calling opportunities on mature gobblers.

The 2007 season was another successful spring hunting season. We were 55 for 56 with 100% shooting opportunity on mature Merriams in Wyoming. 28 of these hunters also hunted South Dakota on the two-bird combo hunt. They harvested 17 mature birds. They had an 82% shooting opportunity.

The 2008 spring season was, again, very successful. However, it was one of the most uncooperative weather seasons we have experienced. Our success in Wyoming was 62 for 64 hunters on mature birds. There was a 100% shooting opportunity. Thirty of these hunters chose to do the second bird in South Dakota. They harvested 24 mature gobblers, with a 90% shooting opportunity.

During the 2009 season we hunted 63 clients and harvested 63 mature Merriams. 42 clients chose to hunt the second bird in South Dakota; they harvested 33 birds. In total, 39 of 42 had shooting opportunities.

The 2010 season was our first year to be able to hunt two birds in Wyoming. We added a couple additional leases to help in harvesting the additional birds. Our 64 clients harvested 61 mature birds with a 63 for 64 shooting opportunity. Fifty of these hunters did the two-bird combo harvesting 41 mature birds with a 46 for 50 shooting opportunity. Eight hunters hunted the three-bird combo harvesting; four were successful on their third bird.

The 2011 season marked the end of the trial two-bird hunt in Wyoming. The Game and Fish department has decided not to continue offering two-bird hunts in Wyoming. We will now go back to offering single- and two-bird hunts. One bird will be taken Wyoming and the second bird in South Dakota.

This past spring our 72 clients harvested 62 mature birds; they were 70 for 72 shooting. Of the 72 clients, 36 choose to do the second bird hunt and 25 of these hunters harvested mature birds. 13 clients chose to do the three-bird hunt, and 8 harvested all three of their birds. This season, May was one of our worst weather conditions we have ever experienced for hunting turkeys. These conditions, along with 46 total misses, took a toll on our normal statistics.

Because of the large number of birds and numbers of Jakes that were seen this past spring, we are optimistic about the upcoming 2012 and 2013 seasons.

Licenses are very easy to obtain. Wyoming is over-the-counter or by Internet and South Dakota is by the Internet or mail. We assist you with the licensing process.