No Turkey Sign?

[ThicketThrasher]

It's been tough on me this season, as so far I'm turkeyless. I have been doing a lot of exploring on public land searching for some new hot spots. My problem is, I have not been finding very much scratching along the logging roads, sometimes-none at all. In the past, I have always used the formula, no scratching=no turkeys. Granted I am mostly just looking around the roads, but is there any use in hunting a place that lacks obvious sign. About to get desperate in Tennessee.

[kyhareraiser]

 look arround on the steep hillsides that as some flats on it.they will be there..here in ky. the 4wheelers are hitting the trails pretty hard and i too have notied less scratching.but on a walk thriugh a deer trail last week brought me to an area where they had cleared the ground,looking for bugs and acorns i guess becase it's an oak grove they are digging under. well i now know where the deer stay i bet too,trails ,rubs,beds,crap and about everything a deer hunter would look for.go setup on a high knob morning and evening and listen for turkey talk ,and u will find their hangouts