When is the best time of day to drive around your hunting area and see birds in the fields this time of year? I was bowhunting in early January and saw 5 longbeards so I decided to turkey hunt this year. I went out scouting in mid February to the same spot and saw no sign of the turkeys. I haven't had a shance to get back out since, but I'm worried they're not gonna be there come the second week of May whne I have tags. The area os 40 acres. Has a decent size stand of pines. A creek running through the middle or it. Three winter wheat fields and two large CRP fields. But the CRP fields are not part of the property I hunt on.