Yesterday i went to check my hog trapps and counted 10 turkeys in the middle of my wheat pasture eatin about 5:30 p.m. is this pretty normal?? We have land right on the sabine river bottoms in Hunt co. Never hunted one before but gettin my bow and going to shoot me one dem tuks this weekend? Can i shoot a jake, laws just saw one gobbler???Any suggestions on how to get close on em?? I guess just camo out and hide and wait for em to come by, or call and stalk em down??

You can shoot a jake if you want.

I would get camoed out and call on the edge of the wheat where they are moving through. I wouldn't try to stalk. It's almost impossible...especially in the open.

Very normal to be in wheat in the day eating. I assume they are easterns. Remember you must check them in since it is an eastern and bag limit is one gobbler:

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/hunt/season/2006/county_listing/h/#hunt

My brother has a place in Rains Co in the Sabine bottoms, my stepfather has a tree farm in Franklin Co and we have some friends with quite a bit of land on the Red River near Clarksville. I inquired about opportunities in these areas and the feedback that I received was that there was not much opportunity in these areas and that I should go south & west of DFW instead. Since I have no experience hunting turkeys I just assumed that folks were trying to tell a beginner where I would have the best odds. After reading your post, I think I am going to throw my gun and camo in the van along with my fishing tackle when/if I head east this weekend. I am sure the odds are better south & west of DFW but I don't have a lease in these areas so I may as well camo up and learn how to use a box call. You know what hey say, "Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in awhile"

BTW...I got some good advice on guns, rounds and calls to use, I would forward the posts but I am not sure if it was more than a month ago but I am pretty sure it was on this thread.