I thought that since they acted more or less normal that maybe they didn't know we were there. They definitely didn't putt. The moon was down when we arrived, so it was pretty dark, and the understory has a lot of 10 foot tall spruce and fir in it, so it is pretty hard for the turkeys to see very much under the tree.

Maybe they would have walked the other way no matter what. The hens were on the side where they left.

Thanks to everyone for the input. This was the first time I ever set up that close, so this was a real learning experience for me.

My son thought it wasreal exciting even though we didn't end up getting a shot.