i hunted for 3 years before i got one, finally my 4th year i did.......the first 2 years i didn' t see a turkey 99% of the time, no gobblers , that is for sure.....finally that time came when it was my turn.....and all those birdless days didn' t sem to matter anymore.....
last year , i had my sister call me in a monster, then the next day i called in one for her, then the following weekend i got my limit.....neither one of us saw any after that....my season was over,sucked.... this year i hunted 13 days without a shot, saw plenty of turkey , but the day before my last hunt , i got him.....it would of sucked butt if i hadn' t , but i know that i got to see more before this last bird was taken , more than most hunters and i do feel blessed, extra blessed with the bird, but none the less blessed......i was starting to stress over it, finally i took the advice of a friend and i relaxed.....had two hunters walk up on me, i laughed it off, instead of getting upset...i walked out with a bird that day.....might be something to think about
good luck......
i felt like giving up bigtime....everyone was getting birds but me and i know i hunted 3 or 4 days a week , every week of the season.....every season..........

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