| Rio Grande Turkey 2
| Each year a small percentage of MAHA spring turkey hunters pursue the Rio Grande Turkey. It’s our observation, over the past 10 years the Rio’s have slowly been pushed westward, especially in the southeast region. Many counties that were once inhabited by 100% Rio Grande’s are now predominately occupied with the Eastern Turkey and a few hybrids. For those members new to this region call us and we will target to the prime leases.
The bulk of our Rio Grande flocks are west of 81 Hwy, but the habitat is spotty because the majority of the acreage was leased for upland bird hunting as in the past deer tags were hard to come by. The hunting can be hit or miss since they cover miles of ground in a days time, in the open, but once located they are a thrill to hunt just like the Eastern turkey.
Below is a recent series of photo taken by Jon while working Western Kansas. Note: there wasn’t a tree within ¾ mile of this flock.
Self guided turkey hunts never meant easy turkey hunts. This open country gives the turkey hunter that thinks he is a good turkey hunter another chance to see just how good he is.
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