Eating Like a Pilgrim
When you sit down with your family on thanksgiving day and carve into that roast turkey, you are almost replicating what happened on the first thanksgiving. (Yes I know that it is possible that there was not actually turkey served at the first thanksgiving, but lets just assume that there was.) In that I mean that a wild turkey and a farm raised turkey that everyone eats on thanksgiving are not the same. I realize that they are the same bird, but they live drastically different lives and this causes Dramatic Differences in the flavor and texture of the meat. It is often firmer and has a gamier taste.
If this next thanksgiving you want to eat like a real pilgrim, you will have to harvest your own wild turkey, and I hope this will give you some insight on how to do it. Turkey hunting is in my opinion the most technically challenging animal to hunt in Pennsylvania. It is not just that you have to master a call to be able to lure them to your position, but also that their eyesight is incredibly good. They can pick up the tiniest off-color on your clothing and spot even the most minuscule of movements. I never really got into turkey hunting because I’m not that good at calling and it just seems that I never have time to go when they are in season. My friend on the other hand is a pro, and I mean this in the literal sense of the word, he holds national level awards for turkey calling from the national turkey calling competition in Nashville Tennessee (yes, that’s a real thing). The few time is have gone along hunting with him I felt like a child attempting to lean to how to ride a bicycle for the first time. I would call for a little bit and everything would be goofing good and then I would hold my striker of the call at the wrong angle and it would sound awful, in the figurative sense I crashed the bike, multiple times. If it is your first time going out, I highly recommend going with someone whoo knows what they are doing because if you go by your self with too experience, you are likely to come home empty handed.
When hunting for turkeys you will need to be dressed in full camouflage, many people wear camouflage gloves and face masks in addition to camouflage grease paint near the eyes. the camouflage is essential because of a turkeys eyesight. It Is Estimated that a turkeys eyesight is three times as good as a humans and they can see in a 270 degree arc of vision. So in addition to camouflage, you need to remain extremely still. IF you don’t have you gun up by the time the turkey gets there, it is likely to late because in raising the gun, it is likely that you will alert your prey to your presence. 
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The most difficult part of turkey hunting to learn is the call. The easiest to learn is the Box call. It is exactly what it sounds like, it is a rectangular box that has a piece on top that moves. if you slide the moving part over the edge of the box the right way it makes a noise that sounds like a turkey. There is also the slate call, which is a circle that has a piece of slate or glass on the top that you rub a striker on top of to make a sound that sounds like a turkey. The striker looks like stick and can be made from anything from graphite to wood. The final call and the most difficult to learn is the mouth call. It is a little piece of plastic that has one, two, or three pieces of latex film in side of it. The are called reeds. This piece of plastic is placed on the roof of your mouth and you force air over it making the reeds vibrate and make a sound mimicking a turkey. I don’t recommend these to a beginner as they are pretty difficult to learn how to use. If you are interested in learning the basics, here is a Video that does a pretty good job at explaining how mouth calls work. 
Overall, turkey hunting is a lot of fun and not much gets the blood pumping in the morning like hearing a throaty gobble in the morning, so if you know someone who is into turkey hunting or can hire a guide to take you out to get you started, I highly recommend trying it so come Thanksgiving, you can eat like a real pilgrim.
It is interesting to know that the eyesight of a turkey is about 3 times as good as that of a human. This must make it very difficult when hunting for turkey. The tips that you gave about wearing full camouflage, even in eye paint, I think, would be very useful if one was to go hunt turkey after reading this.