Nomad I fully agree, BIG woods ANYTHING is harder than hunting near farms or rural area's
the vastness of where they could be is a HUGE part of it, and the fact food can be any where or lack of it, or quality of it!

on a side note, was almost 65 here today spent the full day outside and actually heard my first Gobble of the yr, right behind my house
which is funny as all winter, say last 3 months, I have been all over behind the house has snow for past 3 + months straight, and never seen a turkey track, snow melted down and BOOB there back LOL
NO idea where they went, but I covered about 10,000 acres of logging and old dirt roads all winter here and again NO tracks not a one!
wildlife sure has its wonders!