to put it simply they flock up and find the food and shelter. the flocks sometimes travel pretty far in search of food..they hit the food source till its gone and keep movin it seems. sometimes it may seem like no turkeys live there...but if they are there in the hunting season thats all that really matters i have a spot up north where i do alot of hunting and goto college and spring i can hear 20+ gobblers from one area no problem. come fall i cant find them if you paid me. ive put 100 miles on my boots walking everwhere and cant find em. find scratchings..but they are old..im always a few days behind them and cant figure out where they went. winter time i usually get a flock right in that area that hangs around..thats where i deer hunt and listen to them in the spring. its not a HUGE flock in the winter..usually 10-15. i still dont know where they go and i covered all the mountains! i love seeing winter flocks though. once i came over the knoll of a hill to see the ground was moving. there had to be 100+ birds in there. then again ive seen a lone hen dragging a gobbler in full strut through half foot of snow in december gobbling his head off like it was spring...turkeys sure are wierd birds!!

if its windy/cold/snowy look for them in the lowlands, pines ect where they can get out of the weather. even in the spring and fall if its nasty out thats where i head.

i dont much worry about winter turkeys. i pattern them in the spring and fall..thats when i hunt them. i know that summer and winter their patterns are usually pretttty diffrent and not worth chasing around..