I am a long time Wisconsin turkey hunter........I am finding Toms will spend very little to no time in the fields much at all. I have seen them come full out of strutt and duck or lay down as they hear the sound of any vehicle approaching their location. That goes for hens too.
I have witnessed in other parts of Wisconsin where upon even hearing a vehicle approach they actually run out of the field!
So I changed my hunting tactics.......I stay away from roads as much as possible.....and I hunt woods more than ever.....
Just some food for thought....
JW
JW, you are correct. Although I mixed up my hunting areas. most were in the open they weren't necessarily fields but orchards and pastures . I did sit in the woods for quite a few hours but never got into the woods at daybreak. I am a long way from roads so I don't think that impacted the situations at all. I agree though in all my hunting I never saw a tom walk out into a field. But I had one come right to me last year in a field, one of the same spots I hunted this year. They just seemed to be much more belligerent and unwilling to come to a call.