woodsman87
Well-Known Member
My gosh this topic again...And I have never agreed with Setterman more.
I am anti-roost shooting, anti-wing shooting, anti-blind sitting, and anti-decoy using. I don't care what each of you do, just don't come bothering me with it. There is a new age of turkey hunters, that the kill is all that matters to them. Yes, killing a turkey may be the goal, but the game that you play with the wild bird is part of it. If everyone would just understand this I firmly believe they would get much more fulfillment and enjoyment out of their hunt.
I once was a young hunter that I would shoot a gobbler anyway I could. But then I matured and became a true sportsmen. Wild turkeys are dang tough animals to kill, but they have some weak spots. I don't care what no one says, it aint that hard to sneak up to one under the tree, especially when the leaves get on the trees.
I had a guy on opening day ruin me just for this crap. He came up the hollow I was set up in. I heard birds flying off everywhere and he started shooting them like quail. You talking about getting under your skin. It was before legal shooting light. Also, there was no way he could tell hens from gobblers by the way he was shooting at them. After he shot at them flying off, he started to call again, haha.
I do not see what the fun is sitting in a blind with a decoy and waiting for a turkey to come to you. People act like it is a mix of deer and duck hunting, sit somewhere where the animals frequent, and try to call them up. It is about hearing one gobble, and moving in on it, trying to get in position to call him up. Turkey hunting is not about sitting there waiting for them to come to you. That is deer hunting.
I can see the blind users point though. If you hunt in the midwest where there is more fields than woods, you may need blind and decoys to kill anything. I believe that blinds are also good to get kids a taste of hunting in general. Blinds/decoys also good for the handicapped. But, I didn't grow up with blinds and decoys, and started tagging along with dad when I was about 8-9 years old. I learned how to hunt them the old school way, and my dad my have taken a few lumps and bumps by having a kid slow him down, but he taught me the right way.
Now turkey hunting is the only kind of hunting a truly love and enjoy. I don't even know why I deer hunt, I guess just to be out there.
I am anti-roost shooting, anti-wing shooting, anti-blind sitting, and anti-decoy using. I don't care what each of you do, just don't come bothering me with it. There is a new age of turkey hunters, that the kill is all that matters to them. Yes, killing a turkey may be the goal, but the game that you play with the wild bird is part of it. If everyone would just understand this I firmly believe they would get much more fulfillment and enjoyment out of their hunt.
I once was a young hunter that I would shoot a gobbler anyway I could. But then I matured and became a true sportsmen. Wild turkeys are dang tough animals to kill, but they have some weak spots. I don't care what no one says, it aint that hard to sneak up to one under the tree, especially when the leaves get on the trees.
I had a guy on opening day ruin me just for this crap. He came up the hollow I was set up in. I heard birds flying off everywhere and he started shooting them like quail. You talking about getting under your skin. It was before legal shooting light. Also, there was no way he could tell hens from gobblers by the way he was shooting at them. After he shot at them flying off, he started to call again, haha.
I do not see what the fun is sitting in a blind with a decoy and waiting for a turkey to come to you. People act like it is a mix of deer and duck hunting, sit somewhere where the animals frequent, and try to call them up. It is about hearing one gobble, and moving in on it, trying to get in position to call him up. Turkey hunting is not about sitting there waiting for them to come to you. That is deer hunting.
I can see the blind users point though. If you hunt in the midwest where there is more fields than woods, you may need blind and decoys to kill anything. I believe that blinds are also good to get kids a taste of hunting in general. Blinds/decoys also good for the handicapped. But, I didn't grow up with blinds and decoys, and started tagging along with dad when I was about 8-9 years old. I learned how to hunt them the old school way, and my dad my have taken a few lumps and bumps by having a kid slow him down, but he taught me the right way.
Now turkey hunting is the only kind of hunting a truly love and enjoy. I don't even know why I deer hunt, I guess just to be out there.
