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Started by mookyj, May 29, 2014, 09:32:47 AM
Quote from: mookyj on May 29, 2014, 09:32:47 AMSeen all I could stand of this http://www.turkey-talk.com/tblog/?p=126
QuoteThe satisfaction of fooling, outwitting a narly old gobbler to your setup based on good calling as needed, using great knowledge of the turkeywoods, and not needing all these gimmicks is a great experience to be had.
Quote from: d.winsor on May 29, 2014, 10:52:53 AMI think some states will ban the use of such decoy devices next year, Sometimes things work slow, once the process gets going then it rolls. When it has to do with health and safety it works a little faster. I personally think such practices is not ethical hunting or fair to the turkeys, people need to take a little more time learning to hunt turkeys and less time wanting to kill them.
Quote from: d.winsor on May 29, 2014, 11:13:31 AMWhat is fair to the turkeys is anything the lawmakers allow. If you follow the laws for the most part one is an ethical hunter.
Quote from: BC on May 29, 2014, 10:47:49 AMQuote from: mookyj on May 29, 2014, 09:32:47 AMSeen all I could stand of this http://www.turkey-talk.com/tblog/?p=126 You need to change the background on your blog, it makes the text unreadable. I had to cut and paste it into a word document to read it.I'm not a "fanning advocate" as you stated in your article. In fact I have never even attempted it. When the decoys first came out where you clip a cardboard gobbler on the end of your gun barrell, my first thought was "That's going to get someone shot". With that being said, fanning is not a new technique and has been around for a number of years. Do you have any hard data showing hunter fatalities or injuries as a direct result of "fanning" or "reaping" over the last 10 years? Is so could you please post them? If not, then why are you in such opposition of the practice? Is it because you just don't like it? Like I said it's been around for a number of years, and unless you have any hard data showing any fatalities or injuries, then yours is simply a non fact based opinion. As long as it's legal in the particular state that a hunter is hunting in, and he wants to shoulder the risk then I don't really see where the problem is. I do applaud your concern for hunter safety, although in reading your article I really don't think hunter safety is your only concern. This quote from the article:QuoteThe satisfaction of fooling, outwitting a narly old gobbler to your setup based on good calling as needed, using great knowledge of the turkeywoods, and not needing all these gimmicks is a great experience to be had.That sentence just reeks of "He doesn't hunt my way so he's doing it wrong!" syndrome, which a lot of hunters are afflicted with nowadays.