Dirt or sandy woods roads, woods clearings and freshly-disked fields are often favorite strutting areas for gobblers. There will be many gobbler tracks, often in a circle, and marks where his wing tips dragged along the ground. Droppings indicate areas of high traffic and active feeding areas. Gobbler droppings are large and straight or J-shaped. Hen droppings are smaller, looped or simply a formless mass.
Turkeys have no fear of large, open areas.
Because vision is their primary defense, they feel very secure where they can see long distances. Turkeys of both sexes frequently feed in pastures, and gobblers love to strut out in the open. On rainy days, turkeys prefer open areas because they can't hear as well in the woods, due to the sound of falling raindrops. Use binoculars to check out fields from a distance before walking into the open. A bird could be in a swale in the field.