RE: 1st Time Turkey Hunter
Nick and son, 1st off, Welcome to the Huntingnet family. It is good to have you witth us.
1. I generally start off with a locator call, such as an owl hooter, or crow call for later in the day. When they do answer, it will let you know the general direction they are in. As long as he was answering your call, I would keep calling till you knew whether he was coming to you or not. If he wasn't, then you can plan your strategy to get yourselves closer to him and try calling again.
2. If by chance you know where they are roosting and which direction they are going after flydown, try to get set up along the path they will travel to the field where they will be feeding, struting, etc.
3. I know some use the gobbler shakers with success, but I have never liked using them for no particular reason. Just always stuck to the hen calls and locators.