Turkey and fields

[Cutt]

Maybe some of you field hunters can anwser this? As I don't use dekes or actually hunt fields, but will hunt back in the woods from fields that are used by birds.

I realize birds like many types of fields and will frequent many, but honestly do not know about a field with what looks to be rye? Long grass like shoots? This field has always produced sightings and turkey talk when it was just freshly disced, corn stuble or new plant sprouts, but question this field now with rye which was never in this field before? The thing is, it's already about 12in. high, it gets a morning dew, and wonder if turkeys shy away from walking through it, or even going in it when dry as they have no need or intrest to, like the previous fields attracted them?

Just don't seem to be the turkey sign of turkey talk around this field like the past, and wonder if this 12in. high rye is to blame? I know I've seen turkeys go through fields with weeds well above their heads, but just wonder about this rye, which never was planted here previous Springs as I don't have any expierence with it? Thanks

[Greg Massey]

I always hunt fields and as the grass and weeds get higher i see less turkeys traveling thru the tall grass. Monday hunting in the rain i saw 2 jakes and a hen walk around the field edge and not in the tall grass. Today i killed a nice gobbler with a hen and they did the same.

[silvestris]

They will shy from all tall vegetation until the dew burns off.  If the plant is either heading out or contains an adequate insect population, they will be attracted to it.  They may have something more attractive to them somewhere else, like scattered corn.  One of my best gobblers was taken in a high winter wheat field late one spring.  He could hardly see through the high wheat as he came.

[Cutt]

I always hunt fields and as the grass and weeds get higher i see less turkeys traveling thru the tall grass. Monday hunting in the rain i saw 2 jakes and a hen walk around the field edge and not in the tall grass. Today i killed a nice gobbler with a hen and they did the same.

One place I setup is back in the woods about 30 yards with a view to the field edge where it makes a corner there. So I always still have the edges like you stated, but was just surprised to hear no activity around this field which is very big in size, and figured the 12in. high rye was the culprit?