Great Day of SCOUTING!!-- I think?
 

This morning i made the hour trip to the 50 acres of private land that i hunt. however, this is the first time that i have ever scouted here for turkys, or scouted anywhere for them. because this will be my first year. I feel like it was a good day but i was left with some questions. throughout the property there are a couple of tractor paths that i was walking on. not 200 yards into my walk i saw where it looked like a whole flock had been crossing the creek, at least there where tons of tracks ( and some BIG ones) all over both sides of the creek. i kept walking up the path and saw turky poop all up the tractor path. for a couple hours i walked and listed (hearing my first turky in the woods), but it was about 11 oclock before the fun really started. I was standing in the path close to the top of the hill listening to a couple of hens hollar not too far behind me, when a sound scared the CRAP out of me. the sound was 14 birds flying down from some tree that where right behind me. one hen landed so close to me i think i could have caught her if i tried. i even saw a couple with some beards whippin in the wind as they swormed around me. there were two other occasions that i stumbled upon birds sitting in the trees. over all i saw about 20-25 birds this morning.

my question is how long do the turkeys usually stay roosted. where they just coming down from the roost at 10:30 or were they up there enjoying the sun?

RE: Great Day of SCOUTING!!-- I think?
 

Boy, that pretty late for the birds to still be roosted. Maybe something scared them and they stayed late or flew back up. What was the weather like?

RE: Great Day of SCOUTING!!-- I think?
 

the weather was really warm by lunch time it was a little over 60 degrees and full sunshine

RE: Great Day of SCOUTING!!-- I think?
 

If the weather was clear and nice they probally had been spooked a few times that morning. I roosted a gobbler one morning last year that stayed up there until 10:30 at which time I tried to ease closer and accidently bumped him. That morning was very drizzly/misty and foggy. I have seen spooked birds fly up and sit in the trees for a couple of hours.