Actually ambushing and putting the sneak on turkeys, is harder than calling one in. When you call one in, all you do is sit there, and i don't want to hear how great of a caller you have to be to call one in, because i'm not a great caller and kill at least 3 a year and i don't quit work when the season comes in. Any legal way you can harvest one, is ok with me. Some people think their above certain things, and thats fine by me.

b.s. putting the sneak on a bird is easy peasy as long as you can lay eyes on the bird. Now if we are talking about doing it in thick woods, well that is a bit harder, epsecially flat land.

I've already commented on this when this started a week or 2 ago but I will say again. Where some draw the line for turkey hunting is funny to me. "Hey that fanning is cheating; let me sit over here dressed like a tree, sounding like a turkey, using a gun that shoots these new fangled shells that lets me shoot 70yds, and see if I can call this one close enough to the property line to kill it". Don't dare use that fan though; that's immoral and not real turkey hunting. How about we use bows, rub dirt on our bodies to camo it, and use blades of grass to call with. Why one person draws the line in one place and another in another place I really don't care; just find it funny. Heck I've been so mad at them sometimes I would try about anything but at the same time have felt so blessed to watch others put on a show I wasn't even sure I wanted to kill them. That's why I love it!!

The spinning wing took the art form out of working ducks with a call and opened the flood gates of morons . Just like this. This will open the door for every tom dick and harry to go to walmart buy a box call and a scoot and shoot and start crawling pastures. Can we not have one sport that doesn't get away from its roots ? But hey if you feel this cruch is what you need by all means go ahead and lean on it.

Your saying crawling on your knee's in rocky terrain, is easier than propping up against a tree and calling a bird to you, ok. I've seen 12 y/o kids call in longbeards. Some birds are a lot harder to call in.

but you're not bashing, right?

so you wanna stay with the "roots" of hunting turkeys. Where do you draw the line? Shotguns are ok but only if they're single shot? No guns at all, only bows? No compounds, gotta use a long bow like the Indians did? oops, bows are too much of a crutch, gotta grab one and strangle it to death like Troy posted about.

And despite what BC said, I'd be leery of doing it non public land. But to call it immoral is asinine.

Now don't get me wrong. I've never fanned one but common sense would tell me not to do it on public land in Alabama. Just because there has never been a documented case stating the root cause was someone fanning, doesn't mean there won't ever be one. I definitely don't want to be the first.

If the opportunity arises in Nebraska this season I might try it just for kicks. I sure hope Im not accused of being immoral though.

Are we debating whether it's challenging/not challenging or safe/not safe to crawl behind a full strut decoy? I thought we were debating safety. Carry on.

I've already commented on this when this started a week or 2 ago but I will say again. Where some draw the line for turkey hunting is funny to me. "Hey that fanning is cheating; let me sit over here dressed like a tree, sounding like a turkey, using a gun that shoots these new fangled shells that lets me shoot 70yds, and see if I can call this one close enough to the property line to kill it". Don't dare use that fan though; that's immoral and not real turkey hunting. How about we use bows, rub dirt on our bodies to camo it, and use blades of grass to call with. Why one person draws the line in one place and another in another place I really don't care; just find it funny. Heck I've been so mad at them sometimes I would try about anything but at the same time have felt so blessed to watch others put on a show I wasn't even sure I wanted to kill them. That's why I love it!!

Pride is A sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect. Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association. So if I use any other means other than what you want me to use, I lose my self-respect... So try again.....

Next thing your going to say is we cant shoot them off the limb. Geez

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