RE: Close encounters.....
Last year i was laying in a burned grass pasture with a ghillie suit i was about 2-3 feet from a fence. i was laying on the top of a small rise in the field and the turkeys had been crossing about 10 yards away in a small gap in the fence. so i was laying there not really paying attention because i had not even really heard any turkeys since fly down. all of a sudden i hear something right beside me so as slow as i could i turn my head and there was about 4 hens and a jake looking right at me. they turned around and took off, they came back about 5 minutes later but they were a little more apprehensive at crossing the fence. another time i buried my self in a group of cedar and elm trees and i shot a tom at about 3 yards.