No desert turkey here , Silver City is at 6000 feet with 1 million acers of forest and wilderness , the gould turkey are in the Coronado national forest , in southern New Mexico , and we have Rio's in the eastern side of the state in the brush country ,looks just like Texas. Merriam toms here ,had a great spring of 2024 season is a month long, two toms , and one in the fall .