Shortening season, bag limits urged for spring turkey season in Southeastern Oklahoma

 
By Ed Godfrey | Published: May 9, 2010   
photo - Hunters are seeing and bagging fewer Eastern wild turkeys in the woods, prompting the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation to ask state wildlife commissioners to close the first part of spring turkey season in eight southeastern Oklahoma counties. Commissioners are expected to vote on the proposal at their June meeting. Photo provided by Steve Easom
Hunters are seeing and bagging fewer Eastern wild turkeys in the woods, prompting the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation to ask state wildlife commissioners to close the first part of spring turkey season in eight southeastern Oklahoma counties. Commissioners are expected to vote on the proposal at their June meeting. Photo provided by Steve Easom

State wildlife officials want to close the first two weeks of spring turkey season in eight southeastern Oklahoma counties and reduce the number of toms a hunter can kill to just one.

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