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Deer and turkey in the fall earlier , so why not spring turkey?
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Because turkeys aren't deer.Fall hunting doesn't educate the birds like Spring hunting would.If a state like Missouri had an early archery season, every shotgun hunter in the state would be hunting birds that had already been pressured. I am an archery hunter and I choose to do that for the challenge. I have taken part in the early Kansas Season and would also do it if Missouri had an early season, but I don't believe I deserve any special treatment because I chose to use a bow. I find it kind of ironic that archery guys tout the difficulty levels associated with archery methods and then turn around and support regulations that would inherently only make it EASIER to kill a turkey.
If you want to archery hunt turkeys, go for it. They are legal to use during the firearms season in every state I am aware of. As I stated earlier, I would support an extra week for the dedicated archery folks AFTER the regular season.