i've been hunting turkeys for about 5 years now. i found that the first couple of hunts are a great learning experience you may shoot one then you may not. turkeys are alot tricker than deer are i have found. i didn' shoot one untill my second year hunting. i have found that if you don't have that much land then you need to do alot of scouting to find the perfect spot look for turkey scratchings and look for turkey dropings the hen leaves a dropping in the shape of a A Spiral and the male turkey leaves a droping in the shape of a J or L. I mostly hunt around bottoms for near ridges thats where i have seen and called all the turkeys on my land which is about 250 acres. if you plan to hutn near a creek or stream that is wide then you might want to set out some decoys because i have found out from ecperience that a turkey won't cross the creek unless he is really convienced that there is a hen one the other side. You might also want to put a jake decoy with the hens because that will really get that old gobbler fired up. with hunting with a 12 gauge if your gun will holds 3or 3 1/2 inch shell gets those if not then just get a box of winchester 2 3/4 inche shells. hope this will help you out some in the turkey woods and there an't not better sound then when you hear your first gobbler gobbling back at your calls even in you don't get him