i am sure it is illegal in kansas to raise them without a licence. i am going to apply for the licence myself. i have raised turkeys from the egg to 3 months old before though. the turkeys remained very wild as i raised them, going nuts at the sight of a human if they ever saw you come down to feed them. when we released them into an area that didn't previously have turkeys they thrived, 100% survival rate, we relased them at 3 months old.

one farmer whom i hunt his land raised some the same way but he gave his turkeys a lot of attention as they grew up. when he released his turkeys they adopted a little fear of humans but not much as they often would hang out in his yard. a year after releasing them they reverted back to a completely wild state avoiding the house and humans, and 1/3 of his turkeys survived but i believe it is due to the amount of preditors and turrain difference in his area.