Re: Fanning a gobbler(short clip)
As a tactic, I don't seen this being that much different than stalking field birds, hunting from a blind, using decoys, or just shooting a turkey stumbled upon. I'll refrain from criticizing the tactic regarding anything to do with hunting ethics, but do believe this particular tactic greatly increases the hunter's odds of being shot by another hunter.
While I prefer to call up a bird, again, I will not criticize the ethics of this tactic.
However, as we shooters become more effective at shooting turkeys, tactics such as this strengthen the case for a reduced bag limit?
Related, it may be that our increasing effectiveness at killing turkeys is progressively reducing the gobbler:hen ratio, and contributing to gobblers being less vocal and harder to call in, in the more traditional style of turkey hunting? Think about it. Before pop-up blinds, long-range turkey chokes, longer-range heavier-than-lead loads, robo decoys, it did take a very different and steeper learning curve to become an effective turkey hunter?
Again, I don't see this tactic as being any more unethical than stalking field birds in some other manner (and am not implying either to be unethical). Just pointing out that today's turkey hunters are much more effective turkey killers than they were a decade or two ago, and they can become effective killers in but a fraction the time spent afield compared to those who began their turkey hunting back in the 90's and earlier.
Zack, congratulations on your turkey kill. If you're happy, I'm happy for you.
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