scouting for turkeys in the mountains?

[jj554]

Good afternoon from PA. I have been logging many miles scouting for deer on large tracts of public PA mountains. I've run into turkeys several times and I'm curious if you can pattern these birds or if their movement is more random than deer. The season starts on Saturday and I've seen groups of birds in different areas all throughout April. I've never hunted turkeys in the mountains and I have my hands full finding some good bucks to hunt in fall but I'll give it a shot if my odds of getting an opportunity are greater than random by hunting around where I found them.

 

[Macintosh]

Maybe some info you can tease out here:

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Thread 'Locating PM turkeys in BIG woods?'

May 9, 2025

I’m looking to help a friend get his first turkey and learn something myself at the same time. I’ve been hunting turkeys for over 20 years, but consider myself a relative novice, as it’s never been something I’ve really focused on. I’d love to hear some tips and words of wisdom on roosting and locating turkeys in the afternoon and evening from those of you hunting similar areas.

I live in Northern New England. It’s not the southeast, but there’s a decent # of turkeys around me. They are mostly concentrated in the valleys around agriculture and at low elevation. However, those areas are...

• Macintosh
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[PAHunter777]

If you find an area with a lot of turkeys I would hunt it for sure. In my experience they hang around the same areas most of the year and are relatively easy to pattern compared to big bucks.

 

[brancher147]

Yeah they will be in those areas. Nothing better than turkey hunting in the mountains. Go for it!

 

[Jake_B]

Probably should post the location of these mountain birds, I can give you a better idea after I explore

 

[jj554]

Probably should post the location of these mountain birds, I can give you a better idea after I explore

I'm hunting 4C ankle breaking boulder fields lol

 

[jj554]

sounds good. thanks for the input!

 

[Jake_B]

I'm hunting 4C ankle breaking boulder fields lol

Good luck Saturday, I’ll be out in 4D

 

[WoodlandCritter]

My mountain turkey experience is in the Rockies, but from what I've seen, if you see birds in a spot at any given time of the year, they'll be in that vicinity for Spring. I think there's only specific areas in the mountains that turkeys can survive.