With that much land-base comes a good mix of habitats. Mixed hardwood and conifer forests are broken up by open fields, brushlands and shallow grass-hummock marshes.

For access information, consult DeLorme’s Massachusetts Atlas and Gazetteer, page 25.

Three Mile WMA, in the Berkshire County towns of Sheffield and Great Barrington, covers 1,095 acres.

Three Mile WMA is covered with mature oak and hardwood forests, with old fields of white pine surrounding the pond. Most open fields lie along Cross Road and Brush Hill Road. Parking is available at an improved log landing off Brush Hill Road, or at an informal pull-off on Cross Road.

For more details, check out DeLorme’s MAG, page 44.

For information on other WMAs in Massachusetts, visit www.mass.gov . For hunting information, you can visit MassWildlife at www.mass.gov , or call them at (617) 626-1590.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Granite State should have about 36,000 wild turkeys available for hunters in 2008. The spring season runs from May 3 through 31 in most wildlife management units, but until May 17 in WMU A.

Hunters may harvest one bearded turkey by shotgun or bow, although the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department encourages hunters to pass on bearded hens.

The 2008 Youth Turkey Hunt is scheduled for April 26 and 27. Last year, 437 turkeys, or 12.4 percent of the total spring harvest, were taken during the youth weekend.

New Hampshire offers a three-month fall archery season (closed in WMU A), and a five-day shotgun season in select WMUs in the Connecticut River Valley and in southwest regions of the state where turkey populations are higher.

Effective in 2008, turkey-hunting licenses increased to $15 for residents and $30 for non-residents. At press time, discussions were underway to repeal the requirement for a separate additional fall shotgun turkey permit so that in the future, a single turkey license would let hunters participate in any established New Hampshire turkey season.

Good places to hunt in 2008 include Cummins Pond WMA in the Grafton County town of Dorchester. It spans 665 acres and is secured for hunting access through a conservation easement. The site offers outstanding wildlife habitat.

From Lyme Center, take Cummins Pond Road. From Dorchester, take North Dorchester Road to Cummins Pond Road. For details, check out DeLorme’s New Hampshire Atlas and Gazetteer, page 38.

Kearsarge WMA spans 1,080 acres in the Merrimack County town of Andover at the base of Mount Kearsarge. At lower elevations, the area is a mix of hardwood and softwood forest. But as the land rises, it becomes predominantly first hardwoods and then scrub spruce.

This WMA is next door to the 4,965-acre Mount Kearsarge State Forest. For access from Route 11 west of Andover, take Cilleyville Road to Kearsarge Mountain Road and then to Leadmine Road for two miles. The WMA is on both sides of the road.

For more information, hunters may visit www.wildlife.state.nh.us , or call (603) 271-2461.

RHODE ISLAND
The Ocean State has an estimated population of 5,500 wild turkeys, according to Brian Tefft, principal wildlife biologist with the Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife.

In 2007, hunters took 195 birds -- a 17 percent decrease from the 2006 spring harvest. Tefft said that the 2008 season should be about the same as 2007, or even slightly better.