freddogs: In New York we have two seasons, Spring and Fall. In the Spring (May), it used to be that you could take one of either gender, with hen in the first half of the month, I think, then Toms. In the fall, Turkey season is the full month prior to big game which begins (in southern zones/shotgun-pistol only) usually the Monday before Thanksgiving, you get the Toms only (I think).
New York has really gotten its turkey population back. They were re-introduced a number of years ago, about 15 I think, and have just gone wild. They take lots of loss with the coyotes and wet Springs, but you see whole bunches of them and often now you will see them on the inner city by-ways and in the wooded areas within the cities.
They theive from my birdfeeders and run off the other birds. When I've had a belly-full of that nonsense, I have a belly-full of wild turkey, chased by a couple of shots of the same. Mikey.