


And always be sure to carefully peek over ridges and around corners along the trail if you hope to find the birds before they spot you. Walk slowly and listen carefully while you scout-you may hear some scratching in the leaves, or clucks. They’ll poke along grassy laneways and field edges looking for grasshoppers, cruise ridges for acorns and scour the scrub for berries and seeds.

Even in dry weather, scratchings a few hours old will still have moist, bare soil.įlocks range over hundreds of acres in the fall as they forage, and may not return to the same spot for days. A flock of turkeys needs a lot of food, and it can really rip up the carpet. 22 for some small-game hunting before turkey season opens and look for turkey scratchings on the forest floor. But if their presence isn’t so obvious, get into the woods with a shotgun or. Flocks are easy to find when they’re feeding on waste grain in fields.
