Would you shoot if you didn't call him in?

[MossyOak92]

I hunted a bird a few years ago on some hard hunted public land late in the season.  Over the course of a week I heard him fly down twice. Was beat to the spot twice. One of the days I heard him fly down I slowly worked my way through the creek bottom he was hanging in and found extremely fresh scratchings headed towards a private field. That afternoon I went back and heard him gobble one time on the roost.  The next morning I got there early enough to walk a big circle around him and set up where those scratchings were headed to that field. He played the part just as I expected gobbled his head off until fly down then silent, but straight to my gun barrel. I guess I should have called right before I pulled the trigger?

I don't see how he was any less " earned " than any hot bird I have yelped to three times and had pitch down into gun range. 

[Zobo]

Not really since this forum has more than it's share of elitist and hypocrites. If I didn't offend someone I'll try harder. I do know the "no stalking" state.  Please someone post anyone convicted of stalking a turkey ?.   Good time to have one of the famous silent dog whistles in your pocket.  Gee "wasn't stalking, called to him several times".  Joke regulation and everyone knows it.  Not as bad as the orange hat swap however.  Some old YouTubes during that period were a hoot

BTW - as usual many of the most vocal show NO AGE, NO STATE, no contact info.  A gang of anonymous nitwits.  Forum's typical here and most everywhere.

You're a little nuts. We are not elitists, we just believe in calling a gobbler to the gun. That's NOT elitism, it's sportsmanship and fair chase and it comes from a forum that's all about turkey calls and call makers. The guy who runs this site and created it is one of them.
Of course, there are exceptions and instances where no one in their right mind would ever make a noise or ever call. We know the that! You don't need to post those anecdotes, we've all been there.
It's about putting into hunters heads the right ethic, whether or not it's enforceable.

[Happy]

Joey,
Just a friendly suggestion but I see no reason to get wound up by how other people regulate their lives. We all have opinions and I for one, am grateful for that. My suggestion is to make turkey hunting about you and what you enjoy. Getting offended by people that have different standards than you is no way to live. I never walk into the woods worrying about what other people think of me. My game is with myself and the turkeys.   

[Yoder409]

I do know the "no stalking" state.  Please someone post anyone convicted of stalking a turkey ?.   

Yeah.  I don't make the rules here.  I just hunt within them.

As far as knowing anyone ever convicted of stalking a turkey ??   Nope.  Don't know any, personally.

I, however, DO know of more than one person who's been SHOT by someone stalking a "turkey".  And several others who had VERY close calls (me included).  So, as dumb as some of Pennsylvania's game laws may be......... I'm, pretty well, behind this one.

[Old Gobbler]

Is cabin fever season is over?  , lol

[Yoder409]

Is cabin fever season is over?  , lol

You'd think it SHOULD be........... right ??   

[Zobo]

Very glad I hit a nerve with so many.   Every year the elitist on this forum rear their heads   Happened sooner than a typical season.  AGAIN - no age, no state, no contact info - your comments ignored and worthless.

Thank you for calling me an elitist, no one's ever done that before!

[Yoder409]

  AGAIN - no age, no state, no contact info - your comments ignored and worthless.

You have my cell #    So , I trust your referring to someone else.   

Good luck this spring !!!   Hunt safely !!!

[eddie234]

Yes, there's more to turkey hunting than just calling


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[dah]

   I often have heard cant kill them sitting on the couch . That one I believe . but cant kill them if you don't call them , cant buy that one . To many scenarios to hunt by one method. Learned woodman ship before learned to call , more proud of that . Sorry but no stalking is a head scratcher , does that mean you cant close , maybe purr and close . I love to hunt , not be chained down , and I am not about the  kill , just about what I have learned in what is starting to be a long life.

[Clif Owen]

Yes, I would shoot. I guess I'm a total reject because I shot one once that my buddy called in.
Another morning; I slipped in really early because I had heard one fly up the evening before. When he gobbled on the roost; I near abouts had a stroke because he was so close. I was scared to even try to call..he was THAT close. When he pitched down; he was about 20 steps away and the rest is history.

[WV Flopper]

 It's your tag, burn it how you wish. Don't ask for validation, if it's legal, if it is within your moral compass, your principals, don't worry about others opinions.

We all know what opinions smell like.

[Dtrkyman]

Pennsylvania, still can't hunt on Sunday their either I believe


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[MO_HUNTER]

No! And not for some righteous, elitist reason. I had one within shooting range last year that came in silent, surprising the crap out of me. He slipped right in all silent like, heck, most of the gobblers here have learned sign language and are hard to find... but I just didn't feel it. I don't think it was moral high ground or any of that junk, it just didn't get my nerves going like working one in. So... maybe I'm just a broken turkey hunter... who knows.

[cwhitfield96]

As long as someone is following the laws of their state they can shoot turkeys however they want and I don't see why anyone else should or would care. In my opinion it's hunting and the purpose is to harvest the game while some methods are certainly more rewarding than others, again in my opinion. I think if you get the opportunity to kill a turkey, duck, deer or any other animal in ethical range while walking through the woods or sitting still you have demonstrated woodman skills. Every animal I have ever hunted is pretty dang good at avoiding humans and being killed, after all 365 days a year that is their main job.