First turkey I ever ran into in Washington was in the snow. Saw a huge bird track while elk hunting. Looked at my brother in law and said look at the size of this bird! Walked a little further and ran into a turkey. Got home did some research and I've been an addict since. I like to hunt the snow line. Seems to me the mature Tom's Will get up high earlier than the young birds to stake out some ground. Just my .02