http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjQxwHYAuwc
No one has mentioned this, and this is a bit advanced, but get a good dog. This follows the same advice as
find a flock and bust it, but you just delegate that work to someone far more qualified -- that dog can smell, run, and cover ground better than you could ever hope.
Fall turkey hunting with dogs is legal there in NY. I'm from the western part of VA, the epicenter of fall turkey hunting with dogs. It's a ton of fun. If you get into the fall hunting, it's something to think about.
My dad has one of the Appalachian Turkey Dogs they talk about in the video -- though his looks more like a setter than a pointer. But believe the hype, they are something special. Tough teaching a good bird dog a lot of bad habbits in the eyes of an upland game hunter will work just fine
