Boy, I hate those peacock calls-that sound grates my ears, but they are very effective. (I actaully use one a lot!) I would'nt get to discouraged about not finding birds on your scout, they just havent really broke up yet and, frankly, it's really not that unusal for them to not really be respoding much to calls yet. That can all change quickly with turkeys-once the winter flocks start breaking up they can spread out fairly quickly. You can probably go back to that same area in a couple of weeks and run into birds. I think right now the best way to scout is be in an area well before daylight and listen to them on the roost-it might surprise you how many you'd hear before fly down in the same area where you heard none during daylight periods. It's kind of like hunting them in mid to late May when they've shut back up-gotta find them before daylight when they're talking. I'd try to get back out the week before the hunt, besides the birds you find now are likely to be gone out of the area by the opener anyway.
