Because I set up on a ridge on the other side of a creek and I over look where the stand is located. When I am on that ridge they always show up by the stand about 125 yards away. I get in there way early so it is not like they see me and the walk to the ridge is easy to sneak in. When I hunt the stand in the fall it never fail in the morning they come into it. When I set up by the stand in the spring on the ground I see the birds leave the roost and fly right across the the creek and land on the ridge. It just seems where I go I get the run around with these birds.....hope this answers it tembry