i was in the sme exact boat.......only tukey hunting was an addiction to me and i loved it and in the 4 years before this one hunted like 50 or more days easyily...all the same things like you...when they would come in id say soon as he gets on the side of that brush or something..then they dissappear......ive had tons of shootable turkeys around me...just didnt like the shot...until now i know a 3 inch mag will rip through dam near anything and heave more to spare.....i loved getting up at 3AM..yes 3! driving and hour and 15min to our spot..one way....walking 30-45 mins to our spot.....and THEN hunting..i always had a smile on my face....i loved it..nothing like that magical gobble....if your this frustrated over it maybe its not the game for you to hunt...seriously....i really dont care if i kill a bird....sure this year when i finally got my first it was great....but now i WISH i could go back out there and take another...sure i will help friends out but i wont get 1/4 as excited as i would if i was the one making the decisions.......suck it up your time will come.....good luck to you....its all about doing your homework and being in the right place in the right time and finding the right bird......turkeys are generally animals of habit yano....ive clocked a mature longbeard and a ton of hens down to the 5 minute period they would come through an area......EVERY day i was there they did.....just my setups sucked every time and they did the unthinkable.....brush you think no turkey could fit though..he would strutt through......o he will never use that big open grass trail.....strutted up it...never got that bird...but seen him and his girls a good few times before the season ended.....maybe do somemore homework and get where turkeys WANT to go.....the best caller in the world cant get a turkey to go where he has no reason to go and doesnt want to be there.....unless its a really hot bird....i suggest doing homework and finding out where they naturally go....set up there and some light calling they should walk right by you......