I'll be hunting almost exclusively on public land. I will do my best to roost birds and then set up a ground blind in the evening. Then sneak back in at dark:30 in the morning and try to call them in. I have only made one other attempt at bowhunting birds and managed to have a few hens come in but no Toms. I hope its different this year. I'm really looking forward to my New Mexico trip to try and get a Merriam. The one trip I make on private land this year I will be focusing on getting my wife her first turkey. If that gets done i'll be trying a bow bird there as well. If I were to get EXTREMELY lucky, I could kill 6 birds this year. Two in NM, and four in Tx.