just wondering

[Good time Charlie]

what happened to the fanning thread?

 

[catman529]

I would assume it got deleted due to everyone getting their panties in a wad and calling names. Lol. I should have stayed out of it


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[Goodtimekiller]

I missed the name calling, i think. I hope no one took offense to what i said. Just seems odd that people hate fanning so much when it seems like they have never done it.


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[Southern Sportsman]

Just seems odd that people hate fanning so much when it seems like they have never done it.

There are a lot of things that I have never done that I can say with 100% certainty I disagree with and don't want to do. I got banned briefly last year following what I thought was a good humored post about fanning, so I will leave it at that.

 

[Goodtimekiller]

Just seems odd that people hate fanning so much when it seems like they have never done it.

There are a lot of things that I have never done that I can say with 100% certainty I disagree with and don't want to do. I got banned briefly last year following what I thought was a good humored post about fanning, so I will leave it at that.[/

But if you haven't fanned any birds you can't say it takes no skill and its not hard work. I would rather walk up a 1000' hill than belly crawl 100 yards. But most people probably don't know what an actual belly crawl is. I'm not saying anyone should like it or do it if they don't want to, but why criticize someone else if that's how they want to hunt. Like i said in that thread, the native Americans would not consider any of us purists unless we are hunting with a stick and string and calling with our voices only, and they fanned birds. So, which is the purer form of killing a Tom...who cares as long as it's legal and safe as possible. Why can't we all get along?


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[TDW05]

Post was removed for a reason so let's just leave it at that...

 

[Setterman]

Just seems odd that people hate fanning so much when it seems like they have never done it.

There are a lot of things that I have never done that I can say with 100% certainty I disagree with and don't want to do. I got banned briefly last year following what I thought was a good humored post about fanning, so I will leave it at that.[/

But if you haven't fanned any birds you can't say it takes no skill and its not hard work. I would rather walk up a 1000' hill than belly crawl 100 yards. But most people probably don't know what an actual belly crawl is. I'm not saying anyone should like it or do it if they don't want to, but why criticize someone else if that's how they want to hunt. Like i said in that thread, the native Americans would not consider any of us purists unless we are hunting with a stick and string and calling with our voices only, and they fanned birds. So, which is the purer form of killing a Tom...who cares as long as it's legal and safe as possible. Why can't we all get along?


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Sorry, but I'm not going to base all my decisions on what's pure on what the Indians did or didn't do. It's not even remotely relative to compare a culture that hunted for survival to our culture who hunts for sport.

 

[PalsPal]

what happened to the fanning thread?

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[megalomaniac]

For most of us, there are lines that we consider completely unethical and will not cross (not that they are illegal) because it cheapens the hunt, and to us, disrespects the animal.

For example, I consider it completely unethical to shoot a roosted bird out of the limb, ambush a bird (especially while on the way to the roost), or fan/'reap' a bird. For me personally, I do not consider the use of decoys for open field birds at flydown unethical (or actually even using decoys later in the day... but I don't bother carrying them while hunting in the woods, just not needed). Others have different lines, or even no lines at all (ie, if it isn't illegal, it is OK). My papaw was one of those... he grew up starving during the depression, and to him, it was crazy to shoot at flying doves, when you could wait till they landed in a tree and be sure of a kill. Everything was about the kill itself, because he grew up not even knowing if he would get to eat meat that week or not.

Bottom line, while someone may choose to hunt in a manner of which you do not personally approve, there is no reason to personally attack them as a person. IMO, it's fine to attack the method, but not the man- if that makes sense.

 

[Good time Charlie]

OK will leave it at that ..I did not think it would cause a rukus...I must have missed out on the ones last year.

It is a legal way to hunt the birds????/...I guess it got out of hand after I left sorry.

 

[megalomaniac]

It is a legal way to hunt the birds????/....

yes, legal.

but seriously, be careful. It really is a good way to get shot. turkey hunting is already pretty dangerous.

 

[Good time Charlie]

I am not going to hunt them,I was just wanting to see how others felt about this subject.

Heck I am way beyond the day of belly crawling...If one were to hunt this way he or she would have to know their environment.Be SURE no one was around that may mistake you.But even turkey hunting the regular way you stand a chance of calling in trespassers or other hunters...Heck I have done this ,that is a scary situation.

 

[Setterman]

Just because it's legal doesn't make it right. There's all sorts of legal stuff out there that's not right....abortion as an example

 

[Mike Belt]

Moral doesn't necessarily equate to legal (and visa versa) and different people may also have different morals. Seems to be a touchy subject and I'm not surprised to see any post involving fanning get deleted.

 

[Good time Charlie]

Just because it's legal doesn't make it right. There's all sorts of legal stuff out there that's not right....abortion as an example

You are going to compare ..or use as an analogy ..fanning a turkey to taking a human life????

I can see why the other one got deleted. What a statement..(all I am going to say)

 

[2in1shot]

This is how it starts. op:

 

[Goodtimekiller]

Just seems odd that people hate fanning so much when it seems like they have never done it.

There are a lot of things that I have never done that I can say with 100% certainty I disagree with and don't want to do. I got banned briefly last year following what I thought was a good humored post about fanning, so I will leave it at that.[/

But if you haven't fanned any birds you can't say it takes no skill and its not hard work. I would rather walk up a 1000' hill than belly crawl 100 yards. But most people probably don't know what an actual belly crawl is. I'm not saying anyone should like it or do it if they don't want to, but why criticize someone else if that's how they want to hunt. Like i said in that thread, the native Americans would not consider any of us purists unless we are hunting with a stick and string and calling with our voices only, and they fanned birds. So, which is the purer form of killing a Tom...who cares as long as it's legal and safe as possible. Why can't we all get along?


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Sorry, but I'm not going to base all my decisions on what's pure on what the Indians did or didn't do. It's not even remotely relative to compare a culture that hunted for survival to our culture who hunts for sport.

If you are talking about being a purist then you are talking about going back to how hunting started, the purest form. If people have a problem with fanning how can they justify any decoy? If they have a problem with decoys, how can they justify calls? Do you see how this works, everything we do gives us an unfair advantage over the turkey? Where is the line? As hunters we should be more united and not get upset because has found a way to be more successful.


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