Scouting public land takes special tactics to locate birds, since other hunters may have the same access that you do. I can remember wishing a gobbler would shut up when it gobbled extensively on the limb and would likely bring other hunters to it.

Ideally, try to locate birds that are in remote areas where casual hunters won’t interrupt your set up and call sequence. If you locate fresh scratchings, dropping, and feather in areas where you seldom hear gobbling, all the better. Not all toms thunder at dawn, and these are the best public land birds to hunt. This “Share the Outdoors” post was filmed entirely on public land and shows how it’s done.

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