I'm new to turkey hunting this year - I watched all the videos I could before season and feel fairly confident with my calls (except diaphragm, which I'm working out). This weekend I went out twice, with my objective being to learn the hard way how to get a bird. I got to a location near a roosting area, made some soft calls on the slate and got a gobble at 150 yards. Set up under tree and started soft calling & purring and after 30 minutes or so, he came in - got him to about 40 yards before another hen started cutting in the distance and he started to move away. I took a long shot going away but missed.

The point is I was totally unprepared and unexpecting a bird to come in on this hunt. Can anyone give me pointers on working birds from 100 in to 30 yards? and what is adequate gear - I'm shooting a remington 870 wingmaster with full choke? What load should I be shooting? Will a bird work again after being shot at or otherwise spooked, or will they become call shy?