Originally Posted by Erno86

If possible...I like to enter the (public hunting land) turkey woods to one of my my stands, (which is about one mile from the hardtop road) about 1 or 2am. I'm certain that I'll probably be the first one in the woods. And if I make any noise going into the woods, I'm hoping that if I do rouse any turkeys from their sleep, they'll just go back to sleep again and forget the "noise" ever happened --- While I be catching some ZZZ's in my turkey stand.

Of course...one method is to roost a tom the evening before and stay overnight near the same spot...so I'll be ready at first light.

I also don't want to shoot at a tom that has another close range turkey directly behind him.