My goodness. This year has been an adventure looking for these birds people say are everywhere. This is I think my dads and my eighth year hunting spring turkey and we have never had this much trouble. We've traveled from Kamloops to Rock Creek, Grand Forks, Trail, Canbrook, Newgate and now we're starting our journey back West. We've put on 1107km as I write this from Cranbrook. We've seen four hens so far, about 25 elk and many many deer. Last year we took our bows across the border into NE Washington and would have had a bird had it not (kind of) flown off the bank with my arrow into a coyotes mouth (I'm not joking. We couldn't believe it either). Forgot to apply for firearm transport permits so we could take them into Washington this year so here we are in BC! Love the Koots though, haven't spent much time here. Camping is great, company with my Dad is great, weather is fantastic. It's turning into quite the camping road trip, but a bird or two would be nice! Does anyone have suggestions before we throw in the towel and go gold panning and try to eat the rest of the food we packed?Thanks!