I think Bobgobble2 hit it on the head. When possible try to find out if anyone else hunts the land, then try to establish a good relationship. As for me if someone beats you to the spot that has permission then you let them hunt. I was moving to a gobbling bird a few years back on a logging road. A guy and his son came up from a hollar about 25 yards in front of me. They had permission to be there and had the inside track. I eased up to them and wished them luck. I walked back in the other direction and through the open woods watched that birds strut into and get shot at their hands. If I had been 2 minutes faster I would have gotten the bird. Such is life!

Ryan Tucker