Each summer, the DNR surveys a random sample of turkey hunters to learn critical things, such as how often they hunted that spring and whether they shot a yearling “jake” or an adult “tom.”
At the end of the survey, the DNR asks them to rate their hunting quality based on a five-point scale ranging from “very low” to “very high.” He then asks what factors had the greatest impact on the assessment of “quality”. These factors may include weather, shot opportunities, turkey sightings, hearing gobblers, shooting gobblers, time spent with friends and family, and conflicts with other hunters or morel thieves.
What about being harassed by boisterous, vulgar jays?
Migrating blue jays disrupt even the best-planned turkey hunts
