This very thing is what caused major problems at the last club I was a member of. The turkeys on this club came back to THE VERY SAME spot year after year. No matter how many you shot out of the flock the year before. And I don't mean, just one flock. I mean EVERY flock on the 5,000 acres would be in the SAME spot they were the year before, come Spring.

Well, knowing that, people practially fought over these spots come opening day. It lead to one guy killing three our four jakes out of the same flock. Which earned him a good bitching out from me and the club to vote in a "jake rule" and a rule that said once you killed a bird in a certian spot, you couldn't go back to it for a certain amount of time.

I think this certain situation was due to the large amount of turkeys AND the food. Most of the turkeys on that land roosted in the same place, THAT was close to water and soy bean fields.

Alright, heres the very opposite. I had this other tract of land that I never knew where the turkeys would be come spring time. I think its the food. Here in the south, if you find a good acron crop close to water, theres your turkeys.

If you hunt in pines then they could be anywhere. I have seen turkeys roost in a plot of planted pines that were only about 10ft tall OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A FILED. About 10 ac of pines, slap dab in the middle of a 200ac field. They would be there in the morning, during the day, and at night. Talk about a perfect defense against hunters. Theres no way you could sneak up on them.

But to answer your question. From my experince, if the turkeys were there for the food, then yes they will probably be back. BUT like mentioned, if its only public land. Good luck.