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I know the basic scouting techniques, but I am going out tomorrow on private land to scout again for 5th season. If you have your own tricks for scouting let me know.
THANKS AGAIN

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ORIGINAL: turkeyhunter ewing

I know the basic scouting techniques, but I am going out tomorrow on private land to scout again for 5th season. If you have your own tricks for scouting let me know.
THANKS AGAIN

Find the Strut Zone in relation to the Roost; the, set up the ambush.

Try getting into a tree overlooking "open areas" ....and just watch! Works for me -however, it can backfire if a nice gobbler decides to roost in the tree next to you (it happened to me this past Sunday) I sat in a tree blind/hut (used for deer hunting)....I watched a group of what I thought was 2 toms and about 8 hens....the one bird that flew up next to me was a 3rd GOBBLER that wasn't strutting) I had to wait until dark to get out and even then I crawled on my hands and knees until I was out sight of the roosted gobbler......I never saw "him" the next AM---but, the other two and the hens came straight to my setup ---KA-BOOM! Love that "Hevi-Shot"! One tom went down and never even wiggled :)