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if they're hot, they're hot.
if they're not, they're not.
get to where you want to be early in the morning. it helps if you actually do some fucking scouting first. look for scratching that looks not unlike a deer scrape, but you'll be able to see turkey nail lines all through it. they dig for bugs and shit.
anyway. get there early, and make some noise. owl calls work well. often, even slamming your car door works, but if they're in the area, and they're hot, they will gobble at virtually any noise.
you don't have to worry about wind with turkey like you do with deer, so just set yourself up so you have a good vantage. their eyesight is fantastic. i was deer hunting one time, about 20ft off the ground in a tree stand and turkey came under my stand. i lifted (through wrist extension only) my hand off of my thigh. that fucker looked straight up at me like he was shocked with lightning and took off running.
get to within about 200yd of where you think they're roosting, judging by their vocalizations. set out your decoys, if you have any. sit your ass against a tree, and get your face net on.
start calling. look up youtube videos on how to call. it's not hard, but you want to make sure you don't call to often and how long a string should be and shit like that.
pray the gobbler comes in, instead of pausing and strutting 75 yards away from you, waiting for "the hen" to close the rest of the distance.
plug him in the face with your shotgun.
this is the most simplistic explanation of how to turkey hunt.
