get in as far from the roads as possible. i hike in a good 20-25minute POWER walk...its a good distance probably close to 2 miles. i might only be 1/2 mile from the road...the rest of the hike is waaaaay down in. guess still get back there...but not nearly as bad as close to the road.

hunting highly pressured birds is tough at best...never know who was there and how bad they stirred things up...plus youll get alot of guys walking around all preseason and in season calling calling calling making the birds call shy..

the farther away you can get the better the hunting will be...

oh ya...try to hunt during the week...if at all possible. youll likely see less hunters and midweek the birds werent hunted so hard since the weekend and hunting is usually better...still might see a decint number of guys during the week...but weekends and opening days can be a circus...

good luck...