2011 Spring Season=Wild Turkey,R U Ready

So Turkey season is right around the corner,With a Youth hunt 17 under from Apr 23 and 24, 2011 & for us adults April 27-May 15 & we can get 1 bearded or male turkey per season as it looks

Now ive called some in turkeys with a slate call befor just haveing fun as we saw a bunch out in the fileds while out seeing if the mushrooms where up. But this year it seams im gone to be trying my luck @ turkey hunting,Thats right I got me a Remington 870 Magnum 20-Gauge fully rifled deer & Turkey/Waterfowl Combo.
Now for some reason i cant find my slate call
So im wonder what is some of the ammo or stuff you use for trukey season,
What kind of calls do you use
What kind of pellet size do you use=No. 4, 5, 6, 7 or 7½.
Or what kind of blind,vest,boots,gloves,decoy,gun,bow or what every else you may use while out in the field.



HUNTING DATES & BAG LIMIT
Wild Turkey
Youth Spring Apr 23 and 24, 2011
Spring Apr 27, 2011 - May 15, 2011 1 bearded or male turkey
per season
Fall - Archery (including crossbows) Oct 1, 2010 - Oct 31, 2010
& Dec 4, 2010 - Jan 1, 2011
Fall - Firearm 1 Oct 20, 2010 - Oct 24, 2010 1 bird of either sex per hunter
for fall season
Fall - Firearm 2 Oct 20, 2010 - Oct 31, 2010
Squirrel
Aug 15, 2010 - Jan 31, 2011 5 per day
Ruffed Grouse
Oct 1, 2010 - Dec 31, 2010 (on privately owned lands only)
Oct 1, 2010 - Nov 12, 2010 (on publicly owned lands) 2 per day




Wild TurkeySeasons and Bag Limits
Spring - The 2011 spring season will be April 27-May 15. The bag limit is one bearded or male turkey for the spring season. Spring turkey hunting is allowed statewide.

Fall - The bag and possession limit for the fall season is one bird of either sex per hunter irrespective of what type of legal equipment used (i.e., bow or shotgun) and requires a separate fall turkey license. The spring turkey hunting license does not carry over to the fall turkey season. Fall archery season is statewide. Fall firearm season has specific dates for specific counties (see below).

Fall archery (including crossbows): October 1 – 31, 2010 and December 4, 2010 to January 1, 2011
Statewide
Fall firearm: October 20 – 24, 2010 in the following counties only:
DeKalb, LaGrange, LaPorte, Marshall, St. Joseph, Starke, Steuben
Fall firearm: October 20 – 31, 2010, in the following counties only:
Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Dubois, Fayette, Floyd, Fountain, Franklin, Gibson, Greene, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson,Jennings, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Morgan, Ohio, Orange, Owen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Ripley, Scott, Spencer, Sullivan, Switzerland, Union, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, Warren, Warrick, Washington
An individual who hunts wild turkey from Dec. 4-19, 2010, must wear hunter orange.
License and Regulations

To hunt wild turkey, Indiana residents need a resident turkey hunting license and a valid game bird habitat stamp privilege. Those that have a lifetime comprehensive hunting, lifetime comprehensive hunting and fishing, or youth hunt/trap license can hunt turkey and do not need to purchase the game bird habitat stamp, because it is included with those license types. Game bird habitat stamp privileges are good for both spring and fall seasons in the same calendar year.

Non-resident hunters wishing to hunt turkeys in Indiana must purchase a non-resident turkey license and a game bird habitat stamp. In addition, if an Indiana resident is required to purchase another license in order to hunt turkeys in a non-resident’s state, the non-resident must purchase an annual non-resident hunting license in order to hunt turkeys in Indiana. Here are the license requirements for residents of surrounding states:

Illinois, Kentucky and Ohio residents must purchase an annual non-resident hunting license, a non-resident turkey license and a game bird habitat stamp.
Wisconsin and Michigan residents must purchase a non-resident turkey license and a game bird habitat stamp.
Youth Season
Youth age 17 years or younger can hunt wild turkeys during a special season on April 23 and 24, 2011. The youth hunter may use any legal shotgun, bow and arrow, or crossbow. The adult accompanying the youth hunter must be at least 18 years of age, must not possess a firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow while in the field, and does not need to possess a turkey hunting license. The youth hunter may take only one bearded or male wild turkey during the spring season, inclusive of the youth and regular spring turkey seasons. The youth must be properly licensed to take a wild turkey and comply with all tagging and check-in requirements.

Tagging
A temporary transportation tag is no longer provided with the turkey hunting license. All hunters must immediately tag the turkey with a paper stating the hunter’s name, complete address and date of kill before transporting it from the field. The feathers and beard of a wild turkey must remain attached while the turkey is in transit from the site where taken. For fall turkeys, you must include the sex of the bird. A sample turkey tag can be downloaded.

Checking
If you are successful in bagging a turkey, you must have it checked at an official tur­key check station within 48 hours of harvest or before leaving the state. While at the official turkey check station, you must attach a permanent transportation tag or seal provided at the check station. The tag or seal must remain on the turkey until processing begins.

Legal Equipment
Turkeys can be hunted only with:

A 10-, 12-, 16- or 20-gauge shotgun loaded with pellets of size No. 4, 5, 6, 7 or 7½.
A muzzleloading shotgun not smaller than 20-gauge and not larger than 10-gauge, loaded with pellets of size No. 4, 5, 6, 7 or 7½. Combination loads using shot sizes other than these are illegal.
Bow and arrow
A crossbow
Hunting Hours
Wild turkeys may be hunted only from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. All FWAs, J. Edward Roush, Mississinewa and Salamonie lakes have spring season hunting hours one-half hour before sunrise until noon for properties on CDT and until 1 p.m. for properties on EDT. Call the property for additional information.