Turkey pros often use gardening shears to prune branches or other vegetation that block shooting lanes. Use a shotgun with a full choke for maximum range but avoid shots farther than 30 yards. Shoot the turkey in the head and neck. Body shots with a shotgun are not effective because of the turkey's heavy feathers. Pattern your shotgun before the season to determine which shells work best.
Several companies make turkey-sized paper targets that work well for patterning.
Patterning your shotgun is also useful for seeing how the gun performs at measured distances. A camouflage vest designed for turkey hunting is a handy accessory. Most spring turkey hunters are in the woods well before daylight. They try to call a gobbler off the roost. Depending on the breeding chronology where you're hunting, gobblers are usually roosting in the vicinity of hens and they're difficult to call as they fly down from the roost and almost immediately join the hens.