Titleist,welcome aboard here!!In short to answer your ? if the wheat is up over there heads or extremely thick I highly doubt they'll be in it.Come spring the thought of feed is overtaken by an intense desire to breed so obviously the wheat really wouldn't have the effect on the gobblers like it did through the winter months.What would keep them in the fields in the spring is hens and a possible establishment of a good strutting area as GB eluded too.But as previously stated gobblers like those areas that tend to be somewhat open so they can be seen by the ladies.Look for the birds to be in these open areas possibly on the edge of these fields as often times the edges of these agricultural fields can be open to a treeline or possibly even surrounded by a road.The timber you speak of sounds like a good roost throughout the year and i would concentrate my efforts first there.If there roosting there chances are their already landing in an open area coming off the roost presenting you with a great opportunity to set-up close to this landing zone!
As the spring season closes in I would definatley make a point of doing some early season scouting seeing where these birds are roosting and if there using the fields or not.Set-up close to timber you speak of before daylight and put your ears on and just wait and listen.A week or two before season they'll be gobbling so obviously this gives you a great opportuinity to get this accomplished.Preseason homework will help put you in the birds if you put forth the effort in getting out and doing it and more often than not ends up not going unrewarded..Hope it helps Bob...