It takes understanding of the turkey itself the only upland game you flirt with, not flush.
Wild turkeys are as wary and high-strung as whitetail deer.
Their eyesight and hearing are acute. Stalking a mature tom close enough for a shot is all but impossible and can be very dangerous if other hunters are in the area. Instead, select a strategic spot and talk him into range mimicking the calls of an unmated hen, or sometimes the gobbling of a rival tom. In springtime, the main hunting season for gobblers, turkeys are intent on courtship. The birds urge to breed is triggered by increasing daylight hours, which stimulate the sex hormones of the toms.