I live in MO so the easten was not a problem. I went to TX back in 2005 to kill my rio, NE in 2006 for the merriams, and obviosly the osceola came from FL back in March.

Arrowmaster as for tips to help you I really don't have any. All the people I hunted with I met up with on this website. The rio and merriams hunts were people that had alot of turkeys and wanted to swap. For the osceola I did save up and use an outfitter. All three of them are super nice people and I have stayed in contact with them.