My first year turkey hunting, I didn't know what I was doing, so I built a blind a couple of weeks before the season expecting them to come to me. I even sat on a stool! Well, I got lucky and put it where a bunch of hens (with a BIG tom) came feeding through. (It sure couldn't have been my calling!) I moved EXTREMELY slowly and managed to put the slate down and pick up my shotgun that I had leaning up against a tree. (I told you I didn't know what I was doing!) By the time I had it on the tom, the boss hen had fed right in front of my blind. When I pulled the trigger, she was BEHIND the muzzle! I had to watch my step comming out of the blind -- she left a mess getting out of there!

That was about 25 years ago and I haven't been quite that close to one since.