This spring, turkey season for youth and disabled hunters will run concurrently with the archery only season, April 1-8. The regular season (all permits valid and shotguns or bows allowed) opens April 9 and runs through May 31. To help hunters find places to hunt, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has announced that its annual Kansas Spring Turkey Hunting Atlas is now available online at this link. Maps may be downloaded individually, or the entire atlas may be downloaded.

Printed copies of the atlas will be available in late March at most KDWP offices. Printed copies may also be requested by phoning 620-672-5911. There is no charge for the atlas.

For turkey hunters, this much-anticipated publication of maps includes all publicly-accessible land: including Walk-In Hunting Access areas, state and federal wildlife areas, and federal wildlife refuges.

More than 176,000 acres have been enrolled in the Walk-In Hunting Access program for the 2008 spring turkey season. The program features WIHA areas in more than 60 counties. Properties shown on the atlas are enrolled for spring only. Signs are posted on enrolled properties.

To find the 2008 Spring Turkey Hunting Atlas, go to the KDWP website, www.kdwp.state.ks.us. Then go to Hunting/Where To Hunt, then click on 2008 Spring Turkey Atlas. For more information, phone 620-672-5911.

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I have never had to work so hard for a turkey. While walking out of a small patch of open woods and into the field, I watched a turkey head running across the field away from me; I reminded myself I needed to get my head in the game. About two steps later is when I saw the turkeys, one gobbler in full strut and two others on the other side of the fence I was walking beside, about 100 yards essentially directly in front of me.