Around the state, the biologist believes the Tidewater region continues to offer the best turkey hunting because of the region’s patchwork of woodlots and agricultural areas. The mosaic-type habitat in our flatlands is ideal for this big game bird. Runner-up in the turkey parade is the Southwest Mountain region. This area is basically from Blacksburg to the Tennessee line with the band of counties along the Kentucky border (Scott, Wise, and Dickinson) being the outlier as turkey numbers there are lower.