My friend, you are hunting. Expect the unexpected and return the favor.
When they do happen to come close, they always just happen to be on the other side of a thicket, ussually sounding to be around 50 or so yards away (to close to move). I don' t understand.
If the turkey' s are 50 yards on the other side of the thicket, and can' t see you---then MOVE. Think outside the box when you hunt.
I don' t know how many times my friends and brothers have called me overaggressive. Do I blow some hunts---sure, but rarely. If you can' t see that turkey, then odds are he can' t see you either. For all you know, he' s 20 yards away just on the other side of the thicket---stand up and blow his beard off!!!
Remember, you are hunting turkeys, not calling turkeys. You have to do what it takes to put one in the freezer, not what everybody TELLS you to do to put one in the freezer.
Find the roost tree and set-up 20 yards from the tom. If you can get this close, you' ll bag a bird by the end of the season. Out of 360 degrees, you can cover 180 degrees from his tree, and if he drops down 20 yards from his roost, your furthest shot is 40 yards.
As I always tell my brother when he says I get too close---" do the math, brother, do the math..."
I don' t preach getting to within 20 yards of the roost, but when the birds are henned up and the situation dictates it, get close and you' ll automatically increase your odds.
Good luck