ditto Stumps comments in the rushford-huston area ont he private land.

We never had problems finding birds or private land to hunt.

There are some great state land sections also that shouldnt be over looked. Some prior scouting is a must. Like Stump was saying you have to worry about the other folks. If you know where the birds are prior, strutting grounds, roosting areas etc, you find the areas into and out of, you wont have to wait for mr tom to sound off. Hopefully, if there is someone else who decides to come to the bird, they will realize you are there already. Going down in summer and nocking on doors, getting plot maps, and doing some driving, not to mention some trout fishing in the Root or branches off it, or the old flour mill just east of Houston, and you should find a place to hunt. (btw, go around the ridge upstream and there is a local fishing hole with a great little access into it. They were working on fixing that place up and I dont know what ever became of it. I am sure being TU had there hands in it, the place should be outstanding like it was back then.

We did a couple years of hunting worth in Mo also. Some of the state land down there has as many ticks as it does hunters. Not to mention the birds end up with lockjaw by the end of the first week. One of my uncle was shot (by another Mn hunter go figure) also in Mo. There are however a ton of birds around....

One thing about doing the turkey stand land gig. Get a few areas and dont overlook the smaller ones. Be mobile and try and roost birds everynite. We managed to get complaciant on our last MO hunt in 00. It was a shame, the birds on the state land werent talking. We managed a lil 40 acre plot and my pard nabbed his first bird. I just wished I would have moved over to our other area as there was hardly anyone around from what I was told. If the birds aint talking, they aint talking. The worst you can do is move, its either that or sit in an known area and call from time to time till the days end. I prefer to talk to talking birds and hunt aggressivly. One of my turkey chasing demise' s.