Thoughts on this staement

[Beaver86]

See that's the difference between you and me as turkey hunters. With me it is never about how many I can kill or whether or not I "tag out". My own personal code and "how" I kill them is what matters most. To each their own though. This weather sucks. Spending way too much time on this dam puter today defending real turkey hunters

Exactly to each their own, but to say you have "no respect" for someone who doesn't hunt just like you... Come on man..

I like calling them in, I like bushwacking, I like fanning, I like decoys, and I have several fancy custom calls. I like an incoming hot Tom, I like when my Jake decoy gets thrashed, I like the excitement of fanning, I like to run and gun, I like to sit all day. I love turkey hunting! Who gives chit how someone else hunts !And I have killed them with all of the above..



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I, like you, could really care less how you or those like you turkey hunt. Still doesn't change the fact that I will never have respect for you or them, as turkey hunters that is, because of the methods used. Just how me and my circle of friends role, that's all.

It blows me away how some people group tactics into rights and wrongs and ultimately lose respect for another hunter who harvests a legal animal. Theses comments are far to prevalent within the hunting industry and those who choose to be divisive are COMPLETELY missing the big picture. If you take an animal of any size, ethically and lawfully, I will congratulate you no matter what your method and would NEVER show you disrespect, period.

 

[Buzzard Breath]

Any hunter that can go out, without a call, and consistently kill a turkey by combining his woodsmanship skills and his knowledge of turkey behavior has my respect.

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[Bgoodman30]

See that's the difference between you and me as turkey hunters. With me it is never about how many I can kill or whether or not I "tag out". My own personal code and "how" I kill them is what matters most. To each their own though. This weather sucks. Spending way too much time on this dam puter today defending real turkey hunters

Exactly to each their own, but to say you have "no respect" for someone who doesn't hunt just like you... Come on man..

I like calling them in, I like bushwacking, I like fanning, I like decoys, and I have several fancy custom calls. I like an incoming hot Tom, I like when my Jake decoy gets thrashed, I like the excitement of fanning, I like to run and gun, I like to sit all day. I love turkey hunting! Who gives chit how someone else hunts !And I have killed them with all of the above..



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I, like you, could really care less how you or those like you turkey hunt. Still doesn't change the fact that I will never have respect for you or them, as turkey hunters that is, because of the methods used. Just how me and my circle of friends role, that's all.

It blows me away how some people group tactics into rights and wrongs and ultimately lose respect for another hunter who harvests a legal animal. Theses comments are far to prevalent within the hunting industry and those who choose to be divisive are COMPLETELY missing the big picture. If you take an animal of any size, ethically and lawfully, I will congratulate you no matter what your method and would NEVER show you disrespect, period.

Yeah one word comes to mind here.... Anyways called up a limbhanger for my buddy yesterday with no decoys running and gunning. Started out in a blind with decoys so I guess he doesn't count....


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[KPH]

Call em, ambush em, sneak up on them in the tree. What ever makes you happy as long as it is legal. go for it. And don't worry what someone else thinks.

 

[TheLBLman]

Few things are clearly cut & dry,
and the world would be a boring place if we all saw everything exactly the same.

Most of us tend to change our opinions and views over time,
and even with ourselves, our views are often age & experienced influenced,
sometimes totally changing as we age and more experiences influence our thinking?

Prostitution is LEGAL in many places. :tu:
Does that mean we should give high fives to those who participate?

What ever makes you happy as long as it is legal. go for it.
And don't worry what someone else thinks.

I cannot condemn that statement, as it has been mine.
But to a much lesser extent today than years ago,
and I've learned to value what others think, as many times those others have had it right, when I was wrong.

 

[JayMan]

Do you think people had this mentality when guns were invented? Were they against using them for hunting? I don't see any difference between calling them in, ambushing, reaping, decoys, using guns, using bow & arrow, or using a noose to kill them. If you're doing it safely and within rights then what is the big deal? I see it as just pure arrogance that certain techniques are not allowed in your idea of turkey hunting. If it was truly about being able to envelop yourself into nature and take a turkey by calling them close and taking them for meat, why use a gun? Use a spear or your hands, something you made from nature.

 

[scn]

Some believe using either electronic or mechanical turkey calls (pot calls, box calls, whatever is not a sound made by your mouth)
is "cheating" and not really turkey hunting :tu:
Yep, some think a turkey call is just as bad as a turkey decoy.

Have a friend who thinks if you use a gun instead of a bow, you're "cheating" and not really doing it "right".

Other than the fanning/reaping tactic, I don't have as much issue with the other items, since some have evolved in large part due to larger land tracts getting reduced in size, and it's simply not possible (or at least may not make sense) to hunt a 15-acre tract with the same "run & gun" methods we might prefer on a 1500-acre tract.

When all you have is a small acreage to hunt,
might be wiser to pick a spot and stay right there, all day, as opposed to "running & gunning".

Things do change over time, it's not all good, neither are all the reactive changes all bad.
It's just that our successes in killing turkeys this year will impact our hunting opportunities for the next and subsequent years.
If we kill above a certain number this year, we harm the future hunting.
Whatever our actions or tactics, there are consequences.

Never mind, factors beyond our control often make a larger impact than our hunting (such as the river flooding).
And that recent river flooding did cause, immediately,
a big loss in hunting opportunity, i.e. TWRA closed turkey season early for many hunters this year,
and this may contribute to reduced hunting opportunity for years to come via shorter seasons & reduced bag limits.

Just a quick note that electronic turkey calls are illegal to use in TN.