It also made a dozen or more tall cottonwood trees -- where lots of turkeys were roosting -- vanish. It happened on the last weekend of spring turkey season and my friends, who had spent the previous five weekends at the camp, had all gone back to their homes when the storm wiped out their camp and the nearby turkey roost.

Let's hope the storms weren't as devastating to the turkey populations as they were to the buildings, trees, powerlines, etc., in the area last spring. No doubt a few birds perished, but tornadoes have been blasting through Oklahoma for as long as we know, and the turkey populations have withstood it thus far.

No matter what part of Oklahoma you live in, it won't be far to a spot that offers a good chance at bagging a plump bird for the Thanksgiving table. And it may be easier than you think.