3 ft. last year a hen intercepted the tom she came in from my back side & walked right past me.........................................I hope she got hit by a truck, ate by a coyote or died of something. She foiled my plans all last year, she was so raspy it almost sounded unnatural. If the property owner would've let me hunt there in the fall........................I would have shot her. I know my therapist says that in about 15 years I will be able to laugh about this....................................yeah whatever.