found turkey sign while shed hunting, will they still be there?

[Bigeclipse]

All,
about 3 weeks ago I found some decent turkey sign...droppings, feathers and sad to say a dead hen torn apart (probably by a coyote). After scouting this area, it does look like a good spot turkey's would use (older trees for roosting right next to smaller 3 acre field plot) Would the coyote killing the hen scare all the other turkeys that were there away or would they still likely be roosting in that general area?

[spaightlabs]

Turkeys don't 'reason', so they aren't thinking, hey this is a bad area, we need to move...

That said, lots of other things could cause them to relocate - only one way to know, get your boots on the ground.

[Bowguy]

Not sure where you're located but where I live there's tons of coyotes. I hear them very often but they seem to cycle the area never staying in one exact place for too long. Now if they moved around I'd assume hunting n tried to grab a turkey here n there n the turks avoided those places, there'd be no where left.
Shed hunting is typically a late winter sport n turkey is in the spring. Check the area but I'd not expect them to be in the same spot, they may even move a few farms down. Listen for them n hunt where they are as long as you have access

[Strutr]

There's no substitute for pre-season scouting.  The more current that scouting info, the better.

[Bigeclipse]

Not sure where you're located but where I live there's tons of coyotes. I hear them very often but they seem to cycle the area never staying in one exact place for too long. Now if they moved around I'd assume hunting n tried to grab a turkey here n there n the turks avoided those places, there'd be no where left.
Shed hunting is typically a late winter sport n turkey is in the spring. Check the area but I'd not expect them to be in the same spot, they may even move a few farms down. Listen for them n hunt where they are as long as you have access

I was shed hunting late this year...it was only 3 weeks ago.  When do you scout before a hunt?

[spaightlabs]

Right up until the day before the hunt.

[Greg Massey]

Birds can move out within couple days...scout is the name of the game...