However, turkey season is up first and pre-season scouting and early success go hand in hand. First, find the turkeys in general. Most hens and many adult gobblers are still in flocks until just before the season. Their group scratchings in the leaves are hard to miss. However, smaller scratching two to three feet in diameter away from the main flock's feeding area is a sign that the gobblers are starting to break up.
Turkeys like to walk in the clear.
Thus by keeping an eye on the logging roads, you will know how much travel they get and what's doing the traveling. Early bird scouting is the best bet for an early bird. Sometimes they are still ganged up or only recently have they broken up. They are ready for breeding season but the hens usually aren't quite there. Best of all they are not yet terribly call shy and often come willingly to the call.