BC is right about just knocking on doors. I’ve always used an outfitter in Nebraska but in Kansas, we just knock on doors. If we spot birds in a field, we just knock on the nearest farmhouse door. We were never turned down.

Use the Alabama connection to your advantage. Going in our biggest advantage was twofold and I always made these points: 1. We’re only hunting for three days and then we’re headed back to Bama 2. It’s just turkeys not deer. Folks in Kansas are very particular about deer rights but don’t care one bit about shooting their turkeys. Most of the folks were just appreciative of the fact that we even asked. I’ve got a guy I met in Kansas that starts scouting for me two weeks before I even get there. I call him up and tell him my dates and he starts being on the lookout. Just nice hardworking people.