RE: scouting for turkey
Make as little noise as possible. Try to limit even locating calls. I go at dawn and try to find where they roost. Ideally I watch with binos and see witch direction they take of from the roost and at what time. I will try to locate where they are feeding /strutting with the binosbut I don't get too close. Finally mid day I will go down where I think Ican intercept them after they come off the roost and getthe lay of the land and visualize where I am going toset up. Afterwatching the same birds for a while I can get a real good feel for their patterns and be in the right spot when it comes time to hunt.