Re: new to turkey hunting
Hard to beat a good Box Call or a pot call (slate or glass). Woodmanship IMO means more then good calling (good calling helps for sure). When you scout the property get there before daylight and sit yourself up at pretty much the highest point and just sit down and listen. The birds will hopefully start gobbling before flydown and with a bit of luck you can determine when the flock is headed when they hit the ground. You'll want to be in that general direction on opening day. Lot easier to cause them to deviate their intended path to check you out then make them totally pull a 180 and head for you when the hens are leading them elsewhere.
While your scouting don't call. As far a practicing your calling lots of DVD's out there that show you how to do it and these days you can just go on the net and find out how to do it for free. PS. Good camo is a must and a good padded seat is most important as well. Hard to sit still for long when you have a sharp rock sticking you in the butt.
PS. I'm kind of fond of the Primo's power crystal and also the Primos heartbreaker box calls. However, there are lots of others out there. At some point you will want to switch to mouthcalls, but they take a bit more practice to master and you don't have much time before the season comes in.
Double PS. A decoy works and works well for the most part. If you are the only one hunting that farm, I'd think hard about putting a strutting decoy out. However, if you know for sure others are there I'd stick just with a hen for safety reason. Good luck.