RE: How soon to start scouting?
It's very true, where you find Turkeys at this time of year you may not find any later on. On the other hand, later on you may over look an area that had no Turkeys early. Hold off on serious scouting until six weeks prior to season and start out slow, making note but don't draw any conclusions until one week before season. The last week check everywhere regularly. Don't call to the Turkeys. Don't even use locater calls. If you really need to hear a Gobble get your ars out of bed and liston from a good distance from your vehicle and move on to liston else where before fly down. Look for "Tracks" if even just hen tracks,"Feathers," "Terds" and most importantly "Strutt Zone." You don't actualy need a Gobble to know that Turkeys are present but it's purty dern handy to have when it comes shoot'n time.[/align]