In Ohio, you have to remove all feed 10 days prior to season. I'll occasionally throw a little corn out in front of the trail cam so I can get some pictures, but I stop all feeding 2 weeks prior to season.

Now onto the subject of loyalty. The turkeys have been holding pretty good to our picked corn field this winter/spring due some stalk rot that knocked down some of the corn and left a good bit for the wildlife. The turkeys roost in the woods to the east of my farm and the farm to my east, well,their field lay fallow this year. The farm to my west still has some corn that wasn't picked. So all winter the turkeys would fly down, feed in my field, cross over to the unpicked corn to my west and then in the evening cross my farm back to the roost area in the east. Well the farmer to my east started to spread manure on the fallow field two weeks ago. If anyone knows turkeys, you know that they LOVE picking through fresh spread manure. So now the turkeys spend almost their whole day to the east and don't hardly cross my farm at all. Yeesh! LOL! And there is still plenty of waste grain to be had plus the standing corn.

The only thing I'm waiting for is the break up of the winter flocks. The hens nest on my farm so they always bring a few boys in tow with them. Just have to wait for break up.