pheasantHUNTER121,
I remember my days of hunting as a 15 year old. Blessed with a family of life long obsessed turkey hunters, I learned the trades of being a consistent turkey hunter. Now, some simple advice I would suggest for yourself is to be PATIENT. This saturday morning when you're out in the woods, wait for a bird to gobble and try to head in his direction. Typically, a tom will start gobbling 15 minutes before flydown, but this isn't always the case. This past march I was in Alabama turkey hunting and I like to get into the woods quite early. Why? Well, I love to turkey hunt and there's nothing like being out there early, listening to all the natural sounds you'll hear. Moving on...that morning in Alabama, I was in the woods at 4:30 am CST, and around 4:40 I started hearing gobbles (one hour and thrity minutes til light). So you really don't know when they'll start gobbling. Now, I like to let the tom gobble naturally (without locator calls). After you locate a bird, try to get 80-100 yards from him or some where in your comfort zone. After you get positioned give him some soft tree yelps and see what happens. If nothing happens, get louder so he can hear you. If he responds, give him a couple excited yelps followed by a fly down cackle and listen for 3 - 5 minutes. Now, if he starts gobbling his head off keep him going. Give him some more yelps and keep it in short series. If you notice his gobble is getting louder then get ready cause he's coming your way. Like I said before Patience is going to be your biggest obstacle asa young hunter. Shoot I'm 24 years old and I still have problems with patience. Just know that if he's responding extremely well, then the ball is almost on your side of the court. If the gobbles are getting louder then theres a high probability he's heading your way. If you do encounter this, then quit calling and fight the urge to call again. This use to be my biggest problem. Oncea bird falls to my calls andhe's headed my way I'll over do the calling. In more cases than one, a gobbler will lose interest and head off in another direction. Don't get me wrong, I've filmed many turkey's that I call the "show boat gobblers," because from fly down, to the time I shot the turkey, the gobbler would gobble almost everytime I called. I would throw every single call at him from the time he hit the ground from roost til the time he hit the ground from my shotgun. I hope you have the best of luck this weekend and be safe. Remember, PATIENCE is a virtue in the wonderul world of turkey hunting!

David Ellis