Hunt Merriam's Turkey near Colville, in Stevens County, the turkey capital of Washington. Game & Fish Magazine's Northeast Washington Gobblers, says: "Northeast Washington is home to a burgeoning population of Merriam's turkeys -- and that may be an understatement." This isn't easy country at all. But if you know what you're doing, where to go and where to hunt, you'll have some of the best turkey hunting of your life, in some of the best country you've ever experienced."