I stopped at the farm I was planning to hunt tomorrow (My opening day)and the farmers wife told me she watched the feilds all day for me. She can see them out of her kitchen window. She said no birds all day except one jake that came through limping. She said her daughter in law watched the feilds on the other side of the wood lot where her house is located and they were calling each other on the phone to compare notes. Daughter in law saw a couple hens... No Tom's. They have already had 5 hunters on the farm and 4 of them bagged Tom's. Pre-season I was seeing 5 toms on that farm.
Talked to Daves Mom, she said she thought she heard some gobble behind her barn one morning a few weeks ago... But relentless driveing around glassing the feilds has not yet found me any turkey on his farm this year. I noticed he has people feeding turkeys on both sides of his property within a 1/2 mile each way, so the birds seem to be staying at the feeders.
I do know of some little hidden good spots on some public land, but those are always hit or miss and often require more swim wear than turkey attire. I have to work all week till friday, but will get out early enough for a decent hunt before the buzzer each day. There is a good possibility Dave will be able to get me onto some of his neighboring farms that do actually have a couple tom's still alive on them, but he has to be with me and thats not possible till the weekend. And my poor boys Jr. & Rat Slayer, each have a tag during the last two weeks.
