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IT IS TIME.

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Machias:
Boy I sure hate the be the stick in the mud.  There is a vey good reason why sneaking in on birds is frowned upon and discouraged.  Not only is it not what turkey hunting is all about, ie learning to call the birds to you, but is extremely unsafe.  Congrats on your friend taking the bird, but congrats even more on not getting yourself or someone else shot. With all the strutting decoys on the market nowadays, folks getting blasted either sitting at a decoy or sneaking in on one will happen much more.  Every year lots of hunters are shot sneaking into gobblers.  How do you know someone else isn't sitting there softly calling to that tom.  It's just a bad idea and very unsafe.    :twocents:   :peep:

popeshawnpaul:
I don't get it really Machias.  As long as the person is safe and knows what his target is, I don't see the problem.  I know there are accidents from idiots that don't know their target and shoot.  I guess we all assume some risk when you go out hunting with other people in the woods.

The analogy for me would be is it unsafe for me to stalk elk when I bowhunt them in september?  Or can I only call them in?  I don't get it.

mossback91:

--- Quote from: popeshawnpaul on April 16, 2008, 07:18:04 PM ---I don't get it really Machias.  As long as the person is safe and knows what his target is, I don't see the problem.  I know there are accidents from idiots that don't know their target and shoot.  I guess we all assume some risk when you go out hunting with other people in the woods.

The analogy for me would be is it unsafe for me to stalk elk when I bowhunt them in september?  Or can I only call them in?  I don't get it.

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+1

jackelope:
i can direct you to exactly 3 guys, all 3 very experienced turkey/deer hunters in upstate new york who have been shot by idiots stalking "turkeys". 2 of them were shot with the same shot, both took shot in the face. all 3 have spent more time in the woods than most people i personally know.
i also know 1 very experienced old timer hunter back home who unfortunately shot a man turkey hunting. he was not severely injured, thankfully, but *censored* happens to the best hunters in the world once in a while.

i'm with machias on this one.
congrats on the bird.

pope, there's a huge difference between stalking in on a 600 lb bull elk and a turkey, especially with all the cool-guy decoys available for turkeys these days.
 

mossback91:
I saw a man who didnt know the difference between a elk and turkey. He came into our camp and there was turkekys across the way 75 yards tops. He thought they wwere elk and went running to his van for his gun. We had to tell him they were turkeys. Kinda scary to say the least. To thuink the kind of ppl we are out there hunting with.

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