turkey permits.

[killditrite]

found this on the IF&W website

The commissioner’s advisory council gave their approval to a proposal that would increase the number of turkey permits available to hunters to 20,300. This past year, 15,600 permits were issued, and 24,040 hunters applied. If trends continue, the turkey hunt will become an “Open Hunt”, open to all that apply as early as 2006. This will mark the culmination of an amazing success story. Hunted out of existence in Maine in the early 1800’s, IFW reintroduced them in the late 1970s and through an aggressive management program of trapping and transferring, they now inhabit every county in the state

[Dogman]

I am sure that they inhabitat every county and thats a great thing,my difficulty is that they inhabit my neighborhood and seem to know what guage shotgun I have and when I'm going to be out hunting for them ???They are a smart bird for certain.Can't wait till we don't need a permit

[deerhunter]

i deer hunt zone 23 and we see them alot in corn fields and hear them in the woods.there seem to be more and more of them every year.i may take up turky hunting next year.