I went last year. Hunted two mornings, combined 35 minutes, and had two birds down. My cousin killed her first turkey ever, a merriam jake, and I killed a four bearded Eastern. He was with a big Merriam in full strut, but I couldn't get a shot at the Merriam. Didn't realize the one I shot was an Eastern until I got to him. I have to go back up there now to kill a Merriam sometime. We hunted the eastern part just north of Omaha. There is a little public land around there, but we were on some private land. Its a lot of fun. Just get around a creek or river. If you want to hunt Merriams only you have to go out west. There is a lot of public land around Chadron. The pine ridge is where you want to go. You should be able to find plenty of info on it.