Well here in ky the fall turkey with archery fallows the deer season, so I do keep a turkey call with me and yes as the leafs build up on the ground it's imposaible to not make a noise but if you stop and hit a few cluck n purs along the way, they'll never think twice, but of corse that's only good going in for the evening. As far as morning I just go slow, a **** is loud but slow... After most of the leafs have fallen I do go in and rake the trails out, even the deer use my trails after I rake them.