I gotta agree with the old hog guy here , hunting the wild turkey will make a hunter out of you.

I've had textbook hunts that lasted all of 20 minutes, and I've had a whole season where I didn't even hear a gobble until the last day out and everything in between.

The truth and nothing but the truth!

If you pattern birds or if you live near where there are some scout it out and set up anambush turkeys have excellent vision so if you do your homework it shouldn't be that hard.

Hey it is fun going out and looking for them alot like I get them around my place alot I never go too far at all. I think the best way to find them is going out onto your porch and sit and listen to them gobble if you live in the mountainous woods like I do. But if your setting up for a hunt go out take with you either an owl or crow call and do it quietly going in and coming out you don't want to spook the bird either way all because I've done that already when I was at an old farm near me and it was a mess for me. [:@]

I know two guys that have been hunting public land for about 4 or 5 years and never called in or kill a gobbler... They both got access to some private property on the Md eastern shore... They were the only two hunting the property for turkeys... They both rolled3 year oldgobblers each with 1.25-1.50 hooks...

So my answer to your ? is... It depends on were you hunt...

A very important part of turkey hunting is in not just finding the roosts or where the birds have been flying down..You never know what can happen and you may have to run and gun and if the birds are quiet, it can sure be difficult..My first two hunts were by the book, set up and the birds gobbled on the roost and flew down and came into the field straight to the decoy and it was lights out..Now, I have been hunting turkeys for a dozen years and it hasnt always been that way and more times than not it has gone like it shouldnt not like it should..Find where the turkeys(hens) are going to feed or even nest, paitence is a virtue and you may or may not need it..Good luck

Amen to RI Strutstopper.

Its turkey hunting, ou never know what you are going to get but being out in the woods is what its all about!