I missed the unethical thread I guess.

Far as whats the closest I have had both toms and hens touch me while turkey hunting. Hens on the boot tops, pecking the back of my vest from behind the tree, and toms strutting by an Oak tree wing tips brushing the legs. When you dont hunt out of a blind, stuff like this happens espescially if you hunt in tight cover like we do here in the southern swamps. Sit still and hunt long enough around here and your bound to bump into em espescially a cluck and purr hunter. I've seen whole flocks of hens decend on our set ups and mingle with in feet for hours at a time.Sit still, be a tree and watch what wild turkey do.

Far as how close, I have seen them shot at less than a yard. Real exciting stuff! You either clobber em or you miss. I prefer to shoot em 20-30 yards myself, but it dont always go down like that. Sometimes they end up in your lap. Those are the most exciting turkey hunts far as I am concerned.