I have to appologize to all who I've tried to give pointers to. When you do something a lot you take things for granted. I forgot to mention to look for and hunt the moist places in meadows, gas lines, and power lines. That is where the tureys will be feeding on the new green shoots. That is where we got 2 toms from the last two days and that is what we have been looking for without thought the whole season.
I will include a couple photos of these past 2 days so that you can see the varied types of country that I hunt. I will tell you that the place we got our birds are a solid 45 minute walk from vehicle. There are easier, closer places but we see no one else and that's how we like it.
A bear's clawing tree...
A few hundred sweaty feet up from nearest road...
My newest brainstorm, The Pack Decoy, at work...
The tom that we were after and hiked all over the mountain side for and was found at roost back near the truck! His lucky day...