I am brand new to turkey hunting. I was in the woods for the second time Saturday. What an experience.

I didnt get a shot, I didnt see a bird.
I even got a late start.

I went in the woods after day break. I can only hunt til noon.

I imagine I did it all wrong. I bought a hen decoy so I felt the need to set it up.
So I go in late, I make noise trying to set up decoy for the first time. I put up my porta roof umbrella that I decide to use a blind. Keep in mind I have never used it as a blind so it took a few times for the wind to blow it over to figure out how to secure it properly.

Now I have this starter kit, that I have very little clue how to use it.

Picture this guy, who is totally " green" making noise, sounding like a sick turkey, with a " ****-eatin" grin on his face.

I called with the crow call - nothing. I had already picked a tree and dont know enough to make sense of what I am doing, so I sat still and played around with the call trying to do what the little paper tells to do to make the sounds.

About 11 am... I was starting to resemble some sort of noise and BAMM! A bunch of yelping that a really fast gobble. Talk about motivated. I dont know if I had anything to do with it but it was SO EXCITING. I was so pumped I lost focus of where the noise even came from. I can tell you that shortly after that it sounds like something walked up behind me so I sat still but I waited, then made a call and nothing. SO I turned and there was nothing....Hmmmm I dont know about that - I might have been imagining things after hearing that gobbler respond.

Alright I am rambling. Turkey hunting is for me - I can see it already!

Bill