Turkey gonna turkey

[drwilly]

Shortcuts, cheating, taking the easy way out is not how I was raised

this can be very subjective when it comes to hunting and fishing.

[BRR]

What he did was legal. If you don't like his actions being legal, work to change the laws. After the first sentence i knew he was getting a thrashing from the purists.

We keep referring to what's "legal". The only reason anything becomes illegal is because people start doing things they should know better than to do. If people were decent and generally did what was right there would be very few laws. Just because it's legal doesn't mean its right, it just means it hasn't been regulated.......yet. ie who knew there needed to be laws against carolina squat.

[buckpro]

I'm all for "if it's legal" in 99% of the cases, but seriously, you are missing the entire point of what hunting a turkey should be.

To add to it, if you were shooting 60 yards, you must have been shooting TSS, #9s will not leave blood, heck they barely do it when my kids center punch one at 20. That bird is dead somewhere.

[Hogg]

I'm all for "if it's legal" in 99% of the cases, but seriously, you are missing the entire point of what hunting a turkey should be.

To add to it, if you were shooting 60 yards, you must have been shooting TSS, #9s will not leave blood, heck they barely do it when my kids center punch one at 20. That bird is dead somewhere.

The Real Deal

[duckchoppin]

I'm all for "if it's legal" in 99% of the cases, but seriously, you are missing the entire point of what hunting a turkey should be.

To add to it, if you were shooting 60 yards, you must have been shooting TSS, #9s will not leave blood, heck they barely do it when my kids center punch one at 20. That bird is dead somewhere.

TSS 9s leave plenty of blood

[Calibogue]

TSS 9s leave plenty of blood

a #9 TTS at 60 yards is not going to leave a blood trail!
That's laughable....

[duckchoppin]

a #9 TTS at 60 yards is not going to leave a blood trail!
That's laughable....

He didn't say blood trail and he said TSS 9s won't leave blood. I've never seen any type of shot leave a "blood trail" that you could follow. I been shooting TSS going on 15 years. Saying it won't leave blood is actually what's laughable.

[TXFowler]

He didn't say blood trail and he said TSS 9s won't leave blood. I've never seen any type of shot leave a "blood trail" that you could follow. I been shooting TSS going on 15 years. Saying it won't leave blood is actually what's laughable.

I can confirm tss 9s leave blood…


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[centurian]

Same people crying about realdeal's legal hunt are the same ones crying about start dates and 1 bird limit. You either want to help save wild turkey or you don't.

[TheVisorGuy]

Yall bastards better start killing them with a spear wearing a loin cloth.

[trkykilr]

When I read the original post I assumed this was some ECU sports forum stunt.

[2thDoc]

its personal.
i wouldn't take any satisfaction going after an animal that I just saw on a cell cam. That's just my opinion.

I think most will agree....but that doesnt mean he cant do it....legally. but ethically?

Granted, to use a blind and miss and all is something he shoulda just kept to himself. Kinda like that time labluvr came up on that herd of goats. TMI TMI TMI!

[darealdeal]

its personal.
i wouldn't take any satisfaction going after an animal that I just saw on a cell cam. That's just my opinion.

I think most will agree....but that doesnt mean he cant do it....legally. but ethically?

Granted, to use a blind and miss and all is something he shoulda just kept to himself. Kinda like that time labluvr came up on that herd of goats. TMI TMI TMI!

Dang herd of goats????

I went to the blind first because I guessed that spot would give me the best vantage point to see where the bird was at. Using the layout of the land and knowing the hills that spot gave me the best line of sight without alerting the bird.
There wasn’t anything easy about army crawling 200 plus yards of mostly tall vetch mixed with some rye the guy planted for hay.
Only place I know that wants to discuss the ethical dilemma of how an animal should be killed and which methods should be used….
All in all bird won and picture of the bird was taken this morning on another cell camera from another property close by.
Next time I’ll use my blunder buster and pilgrim outfit if that helps?

[GBelly]

Dear DrWilly

you are bringing Uno cards to a poker game

How the hell is MY OPNION being forced on anyone? I stated my opinion as just that, my opinion. Stop reading between the lines.

I am absolutely entitled to my opinion of what I believe, no different than you

I dont consider myself arrogant nor ignorant. Your speculation is incorrect.

Have a good day.

[drwilly]

Dear DrWilly

you are bringing Uno cards to a poker game

How the hell is MY OPNION being forced on anyone? I stated my opinion as just that, my opinion. Stop reading between the lines.

I am absolutely entitled to my opinion of what I believe, no different than you

I dont consider myself arrogant nor ignorant. Your speculation is incorrect.

Have a good day.

Fair enough. Maybe I shouldn’t have quoted your post. It happened to be the latest of many saying ostensibly “unless you do it as good and purist as I do it , then you are wrong and lesser.” May not have been what you meant. Much is lost by way of clarity and communication in internet threads. As far as poker and uno…I’ll leave that alone.

Happens to be that one of my pet peeves on here is when someone who is skilled and successful at something (usually bc they are hunting land they inherited from grand daddy) belittles someone who does it “lesser”. Some call it “triggered” some say it’s calling out the bs.

You have a great day as well.

[2thDoc]

I like donuts
and honeycrisp apples.

[Sasha and Abby]

I like donuts
and honeycrisp apples.

Meeeeee tooooooo

[BowfinClassic]

Deer hunting and turkey hunting are similar in that the shot is just a formality. It’s not hard to shoot a deer with a rifle at 100 yards or a turkey at 20 yards with a shotgun. The challenge is getting a grown buck in the open, standing still in the daylight or tricking a bird into thinking you’re a hen and coming to you.

Sitting in a blind and shooting a bird is like taking a helicopter ride to the top of a mountain. If you sit in a tent on the edge of a field, you’ll shoot a bird. They have a brain the size of an acorn and only move in the daylight. Perfectly legal and you get a nice picture, but some people enjoy the challenge of the climb.

[darealdeal]

Deer hunting and turkey hunting are similar in that the shot is just a formality. It’s not hard to shoot a deer with a rifle at 100 yards or a turkey at 20 yards with a shotgun. The challenge is getting a grown buck in the open, standing still in the daylight or tricking a bird into thinking you’re a hen and coming to you.

Sitting in a blind and shooting a bird is like taking a helicopter ride to the top of a mountain. If you sit in a tent on the edge of a field, you’ll shoot a bird. They have a brain the size of an acorn and only move in the daylight. Perfectly legal and you get a nice picture, but some people enjoy the challenge of the climb.

Enjoyed trying to crawl across a field and intercept the bird does that count?

[BowfinClassic]

Enjoyed trying to crawl across a field and intercept the bird does that count?

That’s up to you.

But I’d say using a cell camera is like having the helicopter drop you off halfway up the mountain.