For years I got away from turkey hunting, as the state I was in only had spring turkey hunting, and I was a confirmed spring trout fisherman.

For years I'd sit in a tree stand in the fall and watch the turkeys approach my strand. Sometimes they were right under the stand and once I counted 36 turkeys within 100 yards of my deer stand, one afternoon.

I always figured they knew that fall turkey season was out of season. They must have been attracted to the big quiet blaze orange blob sitting in the tree stand, who didn't shoot at turkeys.