Wily wild turkey tend to move quickly into cover when they see you. Unless you already have your camera out and set, forget it. That’s why they’re hard to hunt, I suppose.
The only turkey relaxed enough for me to photograph before this were several flocks in the Cataloochee Valley of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. But they were so unafraid of humans that they kept their heads down, eating. It made for a boring shot. I did get good photos of elk, though!
My hat is off to wildlife photographers. It’s a tough job, harder than sports photography, I think.
