my dad's a cow lovin' fool - still messin' around with the dang things in his 80's - a mama nearly killed him a few years ago... anyway, we've learned to hunt around 'em - we usually like to section them off our core areas, but ... he forgets to do that sometimes ... he's got a JD Gator that's very old; when he cranks it up, it makes a terrible racket going into gear, along w/the brakes ... was turkey hunting one time - WAY on the other side of our property - he forgot we told him not crank that damn Gator & next thing you know, we've got gobblers coming in & he starts up the freakin' Gator (which he LOVES to cruise all over the property, no regard to where we hunt LOL) -- the gobblers throw their heads up, looking in that direction, and it was game over -- they got out of dodge ... showed me right there just how "in tune" birds can be -- they're amazing creatures, esp for survival & knowing what to avoid LOL

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Dang - this is not near as frustrating BGD - but it just shows how sharpe turkeys are - I was hunting w a guy in Missouri - he was a deer guide but I was turkey hunting his land and I had him go w me cause he new ever curve of the land - we spotted a strutter and hens about 600 yards away - could not even hardly see w naked eye. He was wanting to close the distance and go straight toward them. We argued nicely for a while - I was telling him - if u cutt out across this field toward them - u will spook them - we went back forth for while - he said no way - I finally said - lead the way and watch what happens - after about 10 yards the turkey ran out of the field - he could not believe it - I was nice but did say - I told u that was gone happen 🤣😀

I killed him several hours later just before 1:00 had 1 1/2 spur

deer hunters love to make a direct line on a bird LOL funny story - i’ve had similar arguments before

Lol great story, the birds really are impressively perceptive some days and other days will lose their minds and all sense of reason. I just need to be hunting on the crazy days!