What's the fastest...

[Greg Massey]

One morning i got setup in a lite misting rain , as i got ready and made few yelps a gobbler came across the field and never made a sound , hunt lasted about 2 minutes.

[Old Gobbler]

15 seconds ...got a gobbler to shock gobble to me gobbling  on a tube call, I was STANDING in the road,  I ducked fast  to the left instantly,  put the gun up  , he ran in .....bang

[Hobbes]

I don't know for sure but pretty fast on a few occasions.  It's always been the result of unknowingly getting way too close to a bird without bumping it (or them), yelping, getting a response close enough to make my heart rate spike, hitting the dirt and the bird running in pretty quick.  I never really timed it.  There is usually quite a bit of luck involved.  Probably been as many that didn't turn out.

[chefrific]

My first turkey hunt.  Walked down a power line at dawn.  Heard a gobble and sat down against a little pine tree.  Gave 2 clucks on a cheap walmart special box call and he pitched off the roost and flew right at me. I'll never forget it.  Looked like a F14 landing on an aircraft carrier.  In my youth and ignorance, I shot him when he was still in the air about 6 feet off the ground and rolled him.  My dummy of an ex girlfriend that went with me thought I shot a buzzard. lol. 
Entire hunt lasted less than 2 minutes.
Needless to say, I was educated on the hunts after that. lol.

[Gooserbat]

Several in under 5 minutes.

[tracker#1]

About 45 seconds. Using Knight & Hale fighting purrs the first year they where produced (still have them). I would say it was more like "self defense"..... 3 long beards almost ran me over....

[Fullfan]

Running and gunning I have had birds show up and it was all less than 30 seconds. Always look for a place to set up prior to calling, had a bird gobble less than 50 yds when I was standing on a log road with no place to set my rear end down..

[RutnNStrutn]

About a minute or two. Was too frazzled to pay attention to time. There've been a couple of times I was walking down a trail, stopped and let out a call, and was answered by a gobbler right around the next bend. I immediately sat down at the nearest likely spot, got my gun up, let out a cluck and purr on the diaphragm, and in short order, here he comes marching in down the trail. Nerve wracking and immensely satisfying at the same time.

[Jfowler82]

I would say a minute or two . I always try to find a spot or tree to get on before I make the first call . Definitely don't want to be caught standing there if you can help it . Have had them run in on several occasions and it doesn't take long for them cover some ground quick . Although I will say most gobblers take their time coming in walking and strutting stopping occasionally to periscope the situation.

[simpzenith]

Instantly and flopping within seconds. I was standing at the edge of a swamp bottom, waiting for it to get light enough to start calling because nothing gobbled at my owl hooting. When it got light enough, I started yelping. In the middle of my first series of yelps and straight out in front of me about 100 yards or so, I saw a turkey glide down out of a tree. He hit the ground and immediately began running toward me at full speed. I simply raised my gun and when he got to about 20 yards I let him have it.

[hotspur]

2 seconds

[StruttinGobbler3]

My quickest hunt was a loudmouth 2 year old that I roosted the night before. His position and the openness of the trees limited me to setting up 100 yards from him. From the time he pitched down, I yelped and cut hard at him and he ate it up. He was shot within two minutes.


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[Tail Feathers]

Maybe two minutes or so?
I was walking down a logging road an stepped on some dried leaves.  Heard him sound off in a creekbottom just off the road. I plopped down beside just off the road and called once.  Two birds came running in and flew the creek coming at me.  The bossy acting one went home with me.

[Ross R]

We had a pair come in within a couple minutes this past spring. It happened so fast I couldn't believe it.  It was thick so we were fairly close when he first gobbled.

[crow]

The fastest...

58 MPH and 10-12 seconds,

I drove around a bend in the dirt road and there he was strutting in the middle of the road,

I punched the gas peddle and started to get the gun up,
rolled down the window while sliding to a stop in one smooth motion.

clucked one time (natural voice) to get his head up, and it was picture time.