I agree with most of what has been shared here and would emphasize that a beginner needs only a couple mouth calls to get started and I recommend a simple double reed with no cuts and a v or straight cut double or light reeded triple reed. Mastering the two tone yelp is the first order of business and the rest will come with practice. Purring is a nice skill but not crucial to success if you can't do it yet. If you can flutter your toungue, you will pick it up. Know what you are saying and when to say it. I recommend getting a CD or visiting a website with sound bytes of real turkeys or good reproduced calls. there are some good sound bytes for turkey calls and the calls they make at www.ozarkridgecalls.com