Kentucky’s traditional spring turkey season today triggers a new surge of activity with the second weekend of hunting.
The opening weekend, last Saturday and Sunday, April 13-14, brought the biggest flurry from the commonwealth’s gobbler-getting community. But the second weekend is no slouch when it comes to putting hunters afield.
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