i have found if we have a big flock(winter flock) they will disperse with a few staying in the area. but those birds have already split as you can see by there only being the 2 hens 2 jakes and the long beard. in the area the best spot for them is the land i can hunt. every year they roost on that hill right behind them and/or in the flat bottom to the left of the pic. all of which is "my area" there is a housing devision on the back side of that hill and way out to the left where the property line is it opens up to big feilds with fence lines. so while the birds might gravitate to that area to feed occassionally (they have several feilds where i can hunt) they tend to stay mostly in my area. and tresspassers are very very rare as the land owner does not play games. lol

Yeah, living in the Northern states we can expect it though.. I am not sure as of yet what we will get out of it. It looks and feels like snow here. It was supposed to start around noon today. Nothing as of yet though. They say it could miss us, or we could get up to 10 - 12 inches, or it could stall and give us around 18+ inches.. Now that is they way a weatherman up this ways works..LOL.. Our weather can change a lot though. The rest of the week up around the low to mid 40s.. While I can not hunt turkeys until the end of April I am hoping for some more snow.. That way the turkeys will have to wait longer too. This also will allow me better sledding into my ice fishing place on my days off this week..

While I do see that in your picture. Sometimes that is not always the case.. I have seen a few birds in a field one day and a few days later the whole flock setting there. But, you have no arguement from me. We all know the grounds we hunt on better than anyone else..

I took my brother out today for one of his public land hunts. We had some birds gobbling and ready to come in, but they got hung up on the river, and would not come across. We can only hunt until 1:00 on public land, we heard the first gobble at 12:40, so we had to go after them a little harder than normal.
Back to work tomorrow, but I will be back in the woods on Friday- Sunday for another public land turkey hunt.


John

Funny how ya always seem to be on the wrong side of the fence or the river isn't it! Go get em this weekend bud!

Now John, don't be tryin to steal my bad luck thunder. I'm known as the guy with the disappointing hunts.:happy0157: Stick with em and you'll head em off sometime.

As for me, I have my NWTF banquet Friday night, then our season starts Monday but chances are I won't get out til next Saturday or Sunday. Unless this snowstorm this weekend allows me to get a day off in the middle of the week.

Good luck to you John this coming weekend!

There is something strange about a bird that can appear so dumb and yet be so smart.. The eye sight they have is amazing..

I went to the spot I will most likely hunt, and scouted a little.
I bumped a tom off his roost about 8:45 this morning.
I was looking for tracks, and he startled me.
It was a good scare to see a tom, where I will be hunting.
Hopefully I can connect one this spring.

Good Luck to every one.
Be safe, and have fun.

Good deal Jrbsr! Good to hear from ya! Hope he hangs out till yer season starts, when is that? I'm goin nutts!!!!! This weather needs to break real soon! laid off with nuthin to do. cabin fever is settin in bigtime! You guys in the south need to give me some stories of EPIC turkey hunts soon or i may not make it!!!

went out yesterday scouting. had 2 long beards walk past me at about 30 yards. 1 has 1 1/4 to 1 3/8 inch spurs and about 9.5 inch beard the other has 1 inch and about 9 inch beard. thinking they are good ones for a youth hunter.