spring turkey help
so here in south jersey near salem county the way our turkey hunting works is through a lottery. you put a request in for up to only 2 permits for a zone and time period (say like the week of april 18th is one period and the first week of may is another etc etc) . then a lottery is held and you are either awarded the permit or declined the permit. I don't know if any other states are like that or not but anyway...the question I have is I have been turkey hunting for about 5 years now and have a few small beards and one12" beard nice tom. but for the last 2 years I have really had a hard time getting a nice tom or even calling in birds at all. I wouldn't say my calling is great or bad. I can def call a bird in. that doesn't seem to be the problem. its either I call them in and they are just out of range or I don't see or hear anything at all. its never a problem with the calling it seems. Should I be putting in more time "treeing" the birds at night or being in the woods looking and watching before the season starts? or should I be setup facing north south east west? or any tips on how to make a better setup while im hunting? any info on how to help bag this spring gobbler would be great. thanks guys