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Started by FullChoke, January 11, 2015, 11:36:44 AM
Quote from: GobbleNut on January 11, 2015, 01:42:42 PMWe had a full round of discussion about this last year about this time. I agree completely with FullChoke's assessment that the perceived dangers of using visual gobbler imitations (decoys, fans, et.al.) are overblown in terms of statistical reality. I have yet to hear of a verified incident of someone being shot while using a fan or gobbler decoy. Will that change as more and more people use these kinds of tactics? Who knows,...we will see over time. I am "on the fence" about allowing the use of visual gobbler imitations as a tactic in hunting. This will be my 50th year hunting gobblers in the springtime. I have witnessed it all in terms of the changes and "advancements" in the sport. It seems like every time something new is introduced, there is some sort of controversy about whether it is fair or ethical.If we are going to condemn the use of gobbler imitations as a hunting tactic, how far back to we take that position? Do we say somebody moving toward a gobbler with a fan or decoy is not fair, but setting out a stationary gobbler decoy is? If not, then is using a stationary gobbler decoy really that much different than using a hen decoy? If not, then do we have a discussion about using hen decoys,...i.e. any visual decoy at all?True, the "original ethic", if you will, was to use turkey calling to lure gobblers within range. But who is to say that method of hunting turkeys is the only "right way" to do it? Many of us got into turkey hunting because the use of calls to lure the birds to within spitting distance was exciting. The same holds true,...and maybe to an even greater extent,...with using gobbler imitations. The argument could be given that using gobbler decoys, or fanning, gives the hunter an unfair advantage over the game. There is no doubt that using them makes gobblers easier to kill,...at least in those places where the tactic is relatively new. I feel fairly confident that, like with the use of calls and hen decoys, turkeys over time will adapt to their use and become harder to lure in using them. In the meantime, until there is more factual evidence to support the position that this tactic is either unsafe or unfair, I am willing to let it ride for a while and see where it leads us. Even as an "old school" turkey hunter, that seems to be the right thing to do.
Quote from: FullChoke on January 11, 2015, 11:36:44 AM We don't mistakenly shoot buzzards, and yet on the ground they present a very real approximation of the size and shape of a gobbler.FC
Quote from: surehuntsalot on January 13, 2015, 10:18:40 PMif that is what it takes for someone to kill a bird, then they don't need to be turkey hunting