I shot a merriams in the Black Hills area two years ago. AWESOME. I had gobblers hollering each morning (3 days). Saw turkey, elk, mule deer and rocky mtn sheep each day. It was down into the single digits each morning and up to around 40 during the day. When I shot my turkey (in late afternoon) it was snowing then. ON the walk out I saw a herd of elk too. The next am I called in a jake for my hunting partner and it was snowing then too. Snow won't stop them at all.

The best advise I could give to you would be to get there an hour or better before light and do some owl calling. They seemed to respond to that fairly well. The ridges were "hot spots" for the roosting sites. During the day especially after 9-10 am the toms could be seen walking along some of the roads practically anywhere.