turkey hunting series question 9 - preparation for April

[birddogdad]

What are you doing NOW to prep for April opener? I get this is vague but you can discuss ALL aspects of your pre season process....

[Dan-o]

I have a mouth diaphragm by my garage stairs. 

Once or twice a day as I go by, I throw it in and try to get good yelps/putts/purrs the first time.

I hate not having confidence that I can make a turkey sound without having to "tune up" 

[baldopepper]

Been hunting the same general area for over 30 years.  Honestly have got it down pretty pat where to find them and how to hunt em when I do find em. My prep is to simply make sure I've got a handful of shells and my gun is clean and working.  Last few years I've kind of found it fun to find one particular tom and just hunt him. Chased one for two seasons before I finally out smarteUd him. Best prep I know of is find an area that has birds and get to know it intimately
  After a few seasons you get it figured out what they're gonna do and where they're likely gonna be and it gets fairly easy to get one. Just a great time to be out in woods and actually shooting one is anticlimactic.