Any turkey hunters here?
When I was young I went deer hunting with my dad. I heard some rustling and I looked back and saw the most beautiful color purple/blue that I had ever seen before or since.
It was through the bushes before I could identify it so I could not tell what it was. My only guess was a turkey?
Most likely a turkey. Their colors are vibrant and they do make a bit of a racket walking and scratching through a leafy area.
Wild peacock.....
I was archery hunting for deer years ago and heard a deer coming through a trail in a patch of very thick young pine trees. As it got closer to me, I pulled to full draw, expecting to let it fly as soon as it cleared the thicket.
Ends up it was a game warden crawling on his knees through the thick underbrush. I didn’t shoot, but the look on his face was as though he needed to change his pants. Nothing like a razor tipped arrow aimed right at you, full draw only three feet away.
That same warden expected me to come down out of a tree stand so he could check my license later in the season. I told him he was welcome to come on up and I’d give it to him.