I have had a few quick hunts, but the fastest from the first gobble to kill was several years ago. After setting up and blind calling for about an hour due to no gobbling, I new I had to go to work soon and I have never been much of the sit and wait type. I started moving down a logging trail on top of a ridge. After calling a couple times about 100yds. or so apart, I decided to make another 100yds. and call from there. When I called from the logging road the next time I was cut off before I could even finish by three birds no more than 75yds. away in the thickest pine tree, undergrowt mess you could imagine (not at all where you would expect them). I hit the ground at the closest tree and yelped one more time. The three were on top of me within 30sec. and I had to wait a few seconds for one of them to clear from the line of fire or I would have killed two of them. The bird was a two yr old with a paint brush beard, 1" spurs, but only weighed in at 16.5 lbs.

Last season I killed a limb hanger, for me anyway, that had a little over 1.5" spurs, about 10 seconds after he flew down. I moved into position where I expected him to fly down, while he was gobbling from the limb. I set up about 75yds from the bird, close to the edge of a slew he was roosting over. I new they normally flew straight out and landed at the edge. The birds had gotten difficult to work because it was late season. They would gobble their heads off but I couldn't pull them in. So an ambush was the next best thing. Heavy leaf follage allowed me to move in as close as I did. I had no sooner than got set down when the bird and his 3 jake buddies flew down about 25yds. to my right and immediately headed my way in the knee high weeds. I had to wait until he was on top of me before I could verify which bird to shoot. An 8yd shot with a 3.5" Rem. 870 doesn't make a turkey's head too attractive, might have even lost a little weight. The whole hunt from the time I sat down to the time I shot was no more than 2 min.