Another good turkey hunting season forecast

SUNDANCE, Wyo. (AP) – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says

this spring is shaping up to be another good one for turkey hunting

in the Black Hills.

     Hunting might not be quite as good as the past two outstanding

years, however.

     Biologist Joe Sandrini says reproduction in 2008 was below

average. That means there are fewer 2-year-old toms, or adult male

turkeys. Two-year-old toms are the biggest portion of the spring

turkey harvest.

     But there should be fairly good numbers of jakes, or juvenile

males.

     Snow might make some roads in the Black Hills difficult to

navigate. Game and Fish says that barring a spring storm, most

roads should be accessible when turkey hunting season opens April

10.