Bigc870..
and used a small limb to rustle the leaves and he came up to a ditch seen my decoys and just strutted back and forth and would not cross the 6 foot wide water shed. I tried to call at him when he would go behind some thick stuff and he started to leave so I started to make rackit with the leave and he came back to the water shed and would not come in and he just left
When you scratch the leaves do it lightly.. Go with a 1 scrape then 2 slightly quick scrapes. That maybe of help as a turkey scrapes with one foot once and then the other foot twice. That maybe all it takes to convince him to come across? while I can not really say for it will cross the body of water. It would help to attract him to crossing..
Here is a short video off my trail cam this past winter of a hen scratching. It is someplace between the 10 to 15 second mark..
http://s820.photobucket.com/user/Phi...tml?sort=3&o=3
This will show you how a hen will scratch using 1 foot and then the other foot. Try and mimic how the hen does it in this short video.. I hope this will be of help to you..