Yesterday I decided to go shed hunting and see if I could locate a few birds.  I got about a half an hour into a walk and looked up the trail aways.  I coulc see this ole bird sitting on a big ole blowdown catching a midday snooze.  It was about 2:30 in the afternoon.  When I first saw him he was about 75 yards out.  I thought I would put the sneak on him just to see how close I could get.  I pulled my cell phone out and started snapping pics each 15  yards or so.  Here are the results.















In that last photo I was about 5 feet from him.  As you can see he just had his head tucked under his wing snoozing away.  I couldn't believe he had chosen a spot so low to the ground as the area is just loaded with yotes and you'd think he'd have sense enough to be a bit higher off the ground.

So at the "click" of the last photo, he absolutely came unglued.  He popped his head up and busted outta there like you can't believe.  Flapping and squacking making one hell of a racket!!!  I tried to snap one more photo but it was just a big blurry mess.

I don't know if grabbing a bird and wringing his neck is a legal kill here in Ohio.  On second thought, those spurs would probably ruin a fella's day.

I hope this bird is just as dumb a couple of weeks from now when the season starts!!!

Cool man, what awesome pics.Now try it with a bow in your hand.  

Holy Smokes !!
That is unbelievable.  Very cool pictures.

Amazing!  You should have stroked his beard to "count coup" while taking a pic with the other hand!  Five feet from a LIVE wild turkey sounds like a once-in-a-lifetime stalk.  Thanks for sharing the pics.

That's some good sneaking.

Thats great! Never seen anything quite like that with my own eyes or in pictures!

Those are some great pics Otto!  5 ft!????  Now that "puttin the sneak on"

that is awesome thanks for sharing.

You must have some Indian blood in you for that is some good sneaking!! Amazing pictures!

Wow..way to go! That tom must of been dreaming about this coming strut time with the ladies. Either that or he was deaf  

I doin't think it would have worked out if you was trying to shoot it.I have never seen wild turkey sleeping that close to the ground.That is really cool stuff.Good luck with your turkey season.

Good sneaking!!!

Thanks for sharing.

God bless,Mudd

That's some great picts. I have never seen anything like that or heard of anybody sneaking that close to a wild turkey, Great job.  

National Geographic cant do that.LOL. That is cool.

Great pics and very good stalking  

Margly

Fantastic pics!  I bet that's the LAST time that bird roosts less than about 60' off the ground!

Kinda looks like somebody already got him with one of those quilotines...  

Really cool. Thanks.

Talk about a RUDE awakening!

Not very many people can say they snuck up on a sleeping turkey...and even fewer can PROVE it!!!

I had a "Bronze" something or other, domestic turkey as a pet for several years. He was huge and looked like a seriously overweight wild turkey. He would flop his way up on anything he could and take a nap. His favorite was when I would leave the lawn tractor out. He would get in the seat and snooze. Even though he was not wild by any means, he was IMPOSSIBLE to sneak up on.

What you did was quite a feat!!! I am impressed!!!  

Great pics,thanks for sharing.Too bad you didn't a pic of the look on his face when he saw you.