I guess my complete list would be something like this:

1)landowner information
2)visual sightings
3)physical obstacles (fences, etc.)
4)water sources
5)roost sites
6)dust bowls
7)strut zones
8)food sources

Hunting in the NorthEast, the breeding season is well underway. Food sources are changing daily in May, as new vegetation sprouts and new insect crops emerge. The other physical aspects are pretty constant.

If I can combine the roost sites, dust bowls and strut zones with known sightings and landowner information, then I can usually map out a pattern.

Once I develop a pattern, I start developing a plan. Living in CT, many of the parcels I hunt are small, therefore I probably only have access to a few of the physical needs. I must therefore plan accordingly.

Following example. I only have access to a clover pasture that serves as a food source and primary dusting spot. The roost site is a large mixed hardwood/hemlock grove 2 properties over. The adjoining property has some nice strut zones and a small creeklet running through the open oak/beech forest. The landowner routinely observes the turkeys dusting in his pasture around 10am.

Is there any sense in getting out of bed at 3:30 to sit at the pasture edge by 5 a.m.? Nope, I'll hunt this property mid-morning after going to the spots I can roost hunt.

More than likely, I'll personally save this spot for some late-season hunting when the birds are call shy, but headed in this general direction via their daily routine. I'll take a temperature and either wait one out or start hammering late in the morning, when most of the hunters are home taking a nap.

I've learned that honey-holes are great, but if I'm taking newbies then new properties are the only way to truly teach.

To me, taking the time to teach them how to thoroughly scout is probably the best advice an experienced hunter can give a rookie.