duc yes you should try out Mark Twain forest. There is a lot of ground to cover and lots of birds on it. I live in Salem, and am within 20 miles of a lot of the national forest, and there is also a 14000 acre state park called Indian Trail Park, which has some great turkey hunting. Also there is another smaller state land called White Trace which was started as a quail refuge and you can hunt turkeys there., and it doesnt get much pressure. Any way you could really get into some good hunting around here, but you may have to put a few miles on your boots, but there are a lot of birds.