I don't think it's illegal to catch it. Maybe they'll get you for harassing wildlife, but it is definitely illegal to keep it. Besides, turkey hunting is for spring time.
Our humidity here in far southern Georgia are high enough that the next few generations should start showing signs of developing gills. Anything above 90 starts to get quite bothersome.
When I was a kid we would go hunt with some family friends in Illinois, whenever somebody got a buck we'd carry it back to the barn,and as they dressed it they'd hang his cods on an old hay rake. You wanted weird well there you have it.
I have an older style model 7 that I decided to put a new scope on. I'd already bought the scope but when I got around to mounting it I started running into problems finding mounts and based that would match the old style hole pattern on the receiver, but would fit a 30mm tube. I hit the easy...
I, myself, am the landowner leaseholder, or farmer on these places and I'm telling you you just can't shoot your way out of the problem. Thraps work best, thermals help, but shooting a couple dozen out of a stand is a bandaid on a bullet hole.
The body of a speckled perch, the head of a bass, the balls of a lion. They fight like a tiger and really are a beautiful fish. I usually catch them in And amongst the cypress trees with small top water lures