When I got in I was supposed to be the 8th and last hunter also. After a weekend of moving stands before season his rear end in his truck went out. The next week he let another guy in and his truck got fixed .
After the first couple of hunts I was able to count the "9" members from meeting people and hearing about a couple more that were from out of town and only hunted a couple times a year. Then found out his son, wife and mother were all hunting during the week! There was another new member that would bring his cousin I believe and sit with him and adams would still make him pay a visitors fee everytime. When his add says 8 I would count on many more hunting when they think no one is around.
As far as turkeys I don't know what the difference was when I was there but they were not around. I had only seen turkeys in one area during deer season and they were no where to be found during turkey season.