Legal hunting hours have been expanded this year until noon. Electronic calls are now legal, and any private landowner is eligible to hunt wild turkeys on his own land without a turkey hunting permit if the following criteria is met:

1) That person owns a particular piece of land that is 25 or more contiguous acres in size and is located within the turkey hunting zone designated for the season that they wish to hunt;

2) That person is permanently domiciled on that land;

3) The land is managed for the raising and selling of dairy cattle, dairy products, or beef cattle; and

4) The land is open to hunting including hunting by permission.

V. Paul Reynolds is editor of the Northwoods Sporting Journal. He is also a Maine Guide, co-host of a weekly radio program “Maine Outdoors” heard Sundays at 7 p.m. on The Voice of Maine News-Talk Network (WVOM-FM 103.9, WCME-FM 96.7) and former information officer for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. His e-mail address is [email protected].