Can you shoot a turkey in its roost?

[Huntbear]

As a side note...  to all you guys whose attitude is   MY ETHICS ARE THE ONLY RIGHT ONES

I hope none of you have ever taken a WILD steelhead or salmon out of the water for pictures, ,

Or done the "Texas Heartshot" at that once in a lifetime buck or bull...

Or shot a cougar or bear out of a tree

or shot more than 400 yards

or multitude of other things while in the woods..??

Because there are people out there that think all of those and more are unethical...  sure would not want you being all hypocritical and stuff and not following everyone elses ethics too....

You're going too easy on these guys Huntbear. If one doesn't hike in at least 10 miles from the nearest road and kill an animal with any combination of sticks, stones and/or bare hands then one is an unethical, slob hunter.

Me on the otherhand, I won't shoot a gobbler unless, through my superior calling, I can coax him back and forth up and down until my name has been spelled in the sand with his wing tips while strutting in front of me; in Old English text no less. Anything else is too easy, and, of course, highly unethical.

 

Can I come watch an obviously "TRUE" turkey hunting master ??   I am but a poor grasshopper needing knowledge.... mold me into whatever your ethics dictate I should be......       

I had thought I had seen this before until you mentioned Old English text... then I knew... you ARE the one... You are the Turkey Hunting version of YODA....   

[Dan-o]

Cmiller85,   I just spewed chocolate milk all over my keyboard.     

[h20hunter]

You better not have taken that delicious chocolate milk of the shelf. They roost there you know.

[seth30]

Heck with the turkeys I want to know where that raft of ducks swimming by is

[pianoman9701]

The question was asked and it was a fair one. The author of this thread may not have been even thinking ethically when he asked it. Perhaps he was just looking for the rule of law. It's interesting the debates over ethics and the path they take. I've been told that shooting a turkey from its roost is sluecing. So, I wouldn't do it. Do I care if you think differently or your ethics dictate differently? Not a bit. There are plenty of turkeys here and have at it. Ethics is different to all of us. I do also enjoy hearing different takes on these ethical issues.

[Dan-o]

I still want to know when that roosted bird becomes ethical........

I'm going to get more chocolate milk and then I'd like to see an answer, please.

[pianoman9701]

I still want to know when that roosted bird becomes ethical........

I'm going to get more chocolate milk and then I'd like to see an answer, please.

Turkeys aren't known for their ethics.

[Dan-o]

Veeeeeery clever Pianoman.            

Was it unethical of me to dangle my participle......?     Or was it unethical of you to poin it out?         

[Dan-o]

So, let me try again:

If you roost a bird, and return in the AM, when is it ethical to shoot that bird?   How long must it be on the ground, or what other items are on the "OK, now it's ethical" check list?

Thanks,

dan

[boneaddict]

I won't shoot a roosted turkey.... a deer over bait..... a bear hibernating in its den......a bull elk while its giving it to a cow......a duck out of the water(sitting duck "sleuce"....a neighbors cat off its owners porch.  Those would be some PERSONAL choices I would go with.....as for the OP, yes you can.

[pianoman9701]

So, let me try again:

If you roost a bird, and return in the AM, when is it ethical to shoot that bird?   How long must it be on the ground, or what other items are on the "OK, now it's ethical" check list?

Thanks,

dan

Never thought about it. I've set up near roosts, but far enough away to put out a decoy, build a blind, and call them in for a shot. That's probably more than a hundred yards, but nothing measured consciously. I personally wouldn't set up where they're going to land and shoot 'em when they hit the ground.

You seem kinda testy about this, Dan-O. Why is a conversation about differing ideas on ethics a problem, if it is? I think that's one of the better things a hunting site should have.

[rasbo]

I want all of you to know I passed on this moose....

[pianoman9701]

  I would've taken it!

[Dan-o]

Thanks for the reply, Pianoman.

I don't think I'm testy about it in truth, but my posts probably do look that way.

I'm just curious as to how people derive their ethics.

That's why I was wondering out loud when that (roosted) bird becomes fair game.    Is it just a matter of letting it hit the ground, or do you have to call it in after it's been down a while, or.......?   Is it ethical to lure it in with a jake decoy about to mount a hen decoy?

I just really don't know how to derive a set of ethical principles when it comes to this....


I like some of the thoughts put forth on this thread.....

[Dan-o]

Rasbo..........