Legal weapons... your choice. I would tend to steer someone from a long firearm that will be hard to get on target with out making a bunch of noise in te thick stuff. My choice is the typical lever action rifle and a shotgun with 18-20 maybe 22 inch barrel. Dates are not very limited. After deer season ends in mid february and not during spring turkey are best. 3-21 to 4-26 is turkey season. Pretty much any other times is fine.
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