When I started out the one thing I searched until I found was a turkey strutting area.
Drive roads in the morning before work.
Carry binoculars with you everywhere.
Check fields in the evenings.Get permission.
Once you get in amoungst them and take a few that you have scouted you will get an idea what to look for.

I've found turkeys in new areas and states by talking to school bus drivers or mail carriers out in the country.
They have put me on strutting birds many times.

Good luck