Deer Bowhunt

This is my first year bowhunting for deer after receiving an Excalibur Pheonix crossbow for my birthday.  It is equiped with basic peep sights and I am using aluminum Easton bolts with G5 Montec 125grain broadheads.  I purchased a Big Dog BDL-100 Foxhound ladderstand at Meijer's in Fort Gratiot for $60USD.  I will be hunting on a friends farm about twenty minutes away. 

Made it out to the farm this morning and the sky was clear on my walk back to the bush and there were a gazillion stars in the sky. Once in the stand for about a half an hour I heard a crashing sound behind me that I thought must be a dear. I sat motionless but did not hear anything else. I was upset that I didn't get a glimpse of what I was sure must have been a dear to make all that racket. It couldn't have been the squirells that frequent the spot. I could hear what sounded like a turkey call up in the air above me and wondered if that was the source of the noise. Then about forty yards to my right I saw a large bird fly to the ground, crashing through the brush with it's wings. Then another and then another right over my head. There were five in all and they were turkeys. They congregated together and I remained motionless as I tried to see if I could see if they were males or females. They were all males as they each had a beard. I remained motionless for the next half hour as they all passed within my ten metre marker and walked behind my stand. I'm sure they saw me but didn't seemed bothered my my presence.
The wind picked up so after sitting for three hours and not seeing any deer, I decided to go for a walk to see if there was any sign. I met up with Mike who was also walking around after sitting for the morning in his stand.