I hunt a 100acre property owned by a older man I have permission from. He has plenty of deer and ducks on the pond. But how do I know if there are turkeys are not? Never seen any. Or heard em. But I guess I've never really tried listening. What are signs I can look for and any tips? Certain type of land too look. Flats? Fields? Brush trails? All the above?

You might try a gobble call.

I have a scratch pad I can try out I guess.

Look for feathers, scratchings in the leaves, tracks in the mud or snow. Spend a little time in the woods, birds should start gobbling soon. Ask the landowner if he's ever seen turkeys.

Turkeys prefer upland, rather open woods. But I've hunted them in wooded swamps and open fields with small woodlots as well. Quite often, they aren't in the same place in the fall as in the spring. Go out on a sunny morning and listen for gobbling. Look for scratchings under oak trees or event ash trees. I've noticed that they llike ash seeds alot as well.

Yeah I live in southern Arkansas. Texarkana area. Mostly wet swampy lands. But slittle of everything. Thanks for the tips.

If your hunting easterns look for elevated fields or ridges open hard woods try a tube type crow call at sun up before fly down time as they usually get very vocal while they wait for it to get light enough to see the ground to pitch in to there feeding area , last years corn , bean and wheat fields are great starting points. inside corners and hidden fields or sections that cant be seen from a road are also a good spot to try .
GE

I also hunt river bottom land, lots of water! If the woods are open enough and you have dry spots (greenfields....) Look for tracks and scratching. If your place is wet it shouldn't be hard to find tracks. Like mentioned by Uncle Nicky, ask the landowner! Good luck!!

Try finding sign like tracks and scratching, they should be gobbling by know. Go early in the morning and listen for them gobbling

Don't forget to scout for roosting areas ... keep a look out for poop. Turkey poop is distinctive and easy to recognize. In that wet land, soft woods roads or edges of wet flats should be holding tracks. If you have a few acorn flats, they should be ideal if there are birds in that area at all. Turkey will hold in about every type of habitat except very thick, young trees such as thickly planted pine plantations, overgrown thickets of saplings and briars. They like to be able to see. They like meadows where they can get seeds and bugs. They love acorns. Big woods with clean understory is good habitat too. If where you hunt, there happen to be a few open areas, acorn flats, or woods roads where a gobbler can strut .... even better.

They were not gobbling where I hunt in SE Alabama last weekend, but should be soon. Head out just before daybreak and listen. If there are birds anywhere on that 100 acres, you should be able to he the gobbler(s).