This is all part of a traveling turkey hunter. When you head into new grounds or areas, most hunters are faced with the one thing that makes the game that much harder. Because of timeing , you do not have time to spend scouting and you are left with doing this investigateing with a gun in your hand.

When you plan on hunting a area , you try to gather as much info as you can of the area or location you plan on hunting before you leave. Once there its scouting with a shotgun as you hunt it.

You will fine that most place on a very high level that talking to turkey hunters about that special place is not going to cut it. They are after the same feat as you are and really don't give a Hoot whether or not you even see a bird. You have to focus your energy towards the Non hunting local people. These are the people that don't care if you . Jim, Bob, Fred , Sally kills birds , but they will tell you where they have seen birds. This is why there is Outfitters in most hunting areas , they take up most of the foot work towards hunters that do not have the time to do all the foot work needed, unless you are good in the woodsmen ship scills needed to use up a Non Res tag.

Targeting places that are known for turkey hunting only cuts off alot of this work you need to do ...BT