Howdy! Quail is kind of thin in many areas. Eastern Turkey hunting beginning April 1st is in a number of East Texas counties. That being said, call the wildlife biologist assigned to the public land you intend to hunt.  There are lots of public land places that say they have quail or a turkey season, but you would never find either one on many of the WMAs.  Your best bet is to search the Annual Public Hunt booklets, then make some phone calls.  Good luck!  Always, Gene

My dad hunts turkey close to that location and they do pretty good every year, they have a creek that runs thru the property and some large oak trees, all they do is set up a pop up blind or a good make shift ground blind and do plenty of calling, sooner or later they move around!!!

I am a strong believer in brush management and have encouraged my fellow hunters at our hunting locations to get serious about habitat conservation.  We have gone thru several tractors cutting, disking, mowing, clearing brush to promote native grass and food supply to replenish.  The results have been improvements with dove, quail, turkey, deer, and duck / geese numbers.  The property just looks excellent also from all the land management that has taken place.

22-250 is excellent for coyote but a little light for deer and hog but will still get the job done with a neck  or head shot! also one of the lesser expensive rounds!!!

my brother has one in a savage with the accu trigger and we have killed everything from turkey to deer and pigs!!! the best gun we have!!!

for your needs with a little more power u could also go with a 243

Probably if you lived in an area where there are actual wild turkey populations. When I was in my teens I bought some easterns from murry mcnurry hatchery. When ordering them they caution you to check with wildlife agencies in your area to see if a permit is required in areas that have wild turkeys. I kept them for a few years, but there weren't any eastern wild turkeys in Fort Worth either. I later had someone who raised rio's to give me a couple, but I stopped messing with the guy becuase he stayed in an area that has a lot of rios, and I wasn't sure of where he was getting his birds. Some of them were a bit too wild to be pen raised birds. Even the ones he gave me took off on me....

I usually just breast them out and cut the fan off.  Wild turkeys generally arent as juciy as the ones in the store.  The breasts, however, are pretty good.

I dont hunt duck or geese but I would if the oppurtunity presented itself.  Mainly hunt turkey and quail. 

not really that picky as to where as long as there are deer pigs and possibly turkey. would like to be 3 hours or less from dallas.