they are typically in large winter flocks and feeding and using diffrent areas in the winter opposed to spring...but than again to be hunting already you must be in the south...so things can be diffrent..id definently try to scout. theres spots i know ive never seen any sign of a turkey in the fall and winter...come spring i can goto my vantage point in the mornign and hear 20 diffrent gobblers. and theres spots in the winter that had huge flocks...go back in the spring and theres nothing...you can try to go out and hunt and hope to get lucky..or use hunting time to scout...i always scout before the season and learn the patterns..that way come hunting season i just gotta get it all to go right