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See as you are from Minn. where winters are rough, you could expect large movements from fall and winter ranges to spring ranges. But if the the food (fields, green areas) is there when the spring breaks they will stay. I have hunted NY all my life which is mostly agriculture and where you see fall birds is a good bet for spring. But nothing will pay off like scouting that area now. After the snow has been on the ground for a few days without a fresh fall, just simply take a walk and if you dont see there tracks then the winter has pushed them somewheres else and thats where they will be when the weather warms, If there's no snow, still take walk, turkeys love to make there presence known with all kinds of sign, tracks, droppings, feathers, they will tell the tale.

I saw a bunch of turkeys in the early fall deer hunting but during the middle of fall they all of a sudden disapeared i went from seeing them everynight to not seeing them at all. I want to try turkey hunting this spring in this area do you think they will come back? my hunting buddy said that other deerhunters probley scared them off this piece of land for a while. Do you think that they will be in time for spring turkey season.

Were i hunt at the birds move from winter feeding areas to spring feeding areas.

I hunt a wooded area and also hunt a dairy farm. Both flocks have winter ranges. The wood flock looks for food and cover in the winter and move to spring food areas just before the hunting season starts.
The farm flock congregates around the farm in the winter and most of them disperce in the spring to outlying fields and woods, again just before hunting season.
I like to keep tabs on them so when the season is nocking I know where to look. Roman

Yes their pattern will definately change.Through the winter months these birds concentrate much of there time on nothing but food sources and as we move into the breeding time of year hens will be moving into nesting areas and gobblers will spend the majority of there time concentrating on the hens.Gobblers build up a big jelly like mass around the top of their chest by continually feeding getting ready for the breeding season come spring.When spring rolls around they feed sparingly and much of mass is used up for that purpose and this time of year,as they use alot of energy pursuing hens and establishing dominance and territory.So in all this their pattern will change as breeding season approaches,because much of the gobblers efforts concentrate on love instead of food!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>