RE: Turkey with a rifle???
I know for a fact that the Turkey in Texas are not the same bird hunted in the east. The hunt the Rio Grand sub species of wild turkey, and simply put they are about as dumb as a bag of hammers. I am friends with someone who hunts there every year. Him and his wife kill 3 birds each before noon on their first day every year.
But just so you know, there is a huge differance in the eastern wild turkey, and the pets you are hunting in texas.