Crawl up to him and shoot him. Dont need a decoy for that

Ben2 you make good argument except for the crawling part in open field 😂

Yep, I’ve hunted them. Never seen one stand out there in the heat all day either. Just because he stays there the first few hours, doesn’t mean he lives in the field. And I actually do pretty good on field and cutover turkeys. Without decoys. May take more time, but eventually they’re exiting and gonna be killable.

I hear what you’re saying, and can’t say that I disagree with most of it. If only there wasn’t people on “every ridge” in a blind with a decoy spread like they’re hunting mallards, just waiting on a turkey to walk into their decoy spread. It takes the sport out of it…..it drastically reduces numbers of gobbling turkeys in areas which makes for a less than desirable hunt for all, which then makes chucky want to IMPLEMENT MORE RULES! Like shortening days, reducing the number a hunter can kill, drastically reducing days on land that We The People pay for!! See where I’m going with that?? Or am I still just a hypocrite??

Only a suggestion

So you have the skills to move on a bird coming from open field to the woods or know where he’s going to go into the woods and be there waiting
Impressive is all I can say

I can see where it’d be hard for someone to understand that sits with their legs hanging out in the field. And how in the world could u get the decoys out of the field to take and reset it up where he heads to?? 😱

When I started turkey hunting 48 years ago we didnt have any of the fancy crap yall use. We had No Camo. We wore Green CPO jackets and brown pants. Heck if you were lucky you got a hold of some OD Green Army clothes .

We didnt have production made fancy calls. No Fancy mouth calls and custom boxes, or glass calls. You had a chunk of raw slate, a dang corn cob striker you made on a wood lathe, a snuff can call with Saran Wrap , a Wing bone and if you were lucky you had a Lynch Fool Proof Box call.

We did not have fancy "Turkey Rounds" or special "Turkey Chokes". We had single shot 12 Gauges Break opens or "Sweet 16's" and you had to call turkeys within 30 yards to kill them with 6,7, or 8's. That is where running out and jumping on their necks came from, as half the time they werent neck broken, they were just stunned.

We certainly didnt have fancy handloaded TSS reaching out 60 to 70 yards.

We didnt have Burris Fast Fire red dot sights or any such stuff. Heck all we had was a front bead!

I know some of you old timers can relate.

We certainly did not have fancy arse turkey Vests, or Gobbler seats or "Blow up" Inflatable seats or stake up blinds. You stuck your calls in your pockets and went and sat on the bare ground leaning against a tree..

We didnt have decoys or blinds. But guess what? It doesnt make ANY of those things bad . But they all make it a heck of a lot easier to kill turkeys thats for sure. Guess what? All yall acting so superior use ALL that crap dont you? But wait! Yall are purists! You do it "Old School".

But I guess yall want to pick and choose what should be "Legal" based on what you personally use. Thats a crock a BS, Sorry to tell ya.

Thats called being a totally subjective person and not seeing things objectively. Pretty dam sad when Yall are for new regulations and more BS, especially ones that make it harder for a darn kid. But heck its aldeer. What can you expect but hyopocritical BS being spouted?

Guess what? I am for all those new things. I like camo, and vests, and calls , and my over 60 yr old butt likes a gobbler seat, and yeah Ill throw up a stake up blind in front of me, and yeah, I use an extra full choke and fancy turkey rounds.

Yep, and if it is raining Ill go into a pop up blind and still be able to hunt, and Yeah I might even throw a decoy or two out but to be honest I generally dont use or like them, but I like having the option. After all it is freaking America isnt it? Sorry to tell you, it is called innovation but yall dont get to pick and choose what innovations should or should not be used based on YOUR personal preferences of what you like. Pretty sad.

I guess some of yall better re register as democrats move your arses to Cali if you so much into the Govt regulating everything. Jeez

Ok then

Since we are talking about hunting the way we want to hunt, I’d like to add milo trenches. It would make it easier for the kids.

They obviously know that decoys result in a lot more dead turkeys with the new 10 day rule. If we have a low number of turkeys why no make them illegal again all season?

Yep! Where’s that pic of that huge corn pile with a turkey strutting on it. 😂

Too much lobbyist $.

Blah blah. Uphill both ways in the snow. I’ve got almost 30 years of hunting them and hunted before super duper shells and still use the first slate I ever owned that’s not fancy at all. Had camo, but it makes zero difference if you sit still and pick a good spot to hide. Mouth calls have been around as long as you. Although the first ones did use lead for the frame. I know several guys that hunted back then. It was different times. When turkeys made they’re comeback, they had practically the whole state to themselves. Nobody cared if you turkey hunted. If you did run into somebody, you just went to the next spot to hear 10+ a morning. Let’s not act like back then was so tough as far as turkey hunting goes.

As far as calling names like democrat and whatever else….. how you gonna be bragging about being 60 then act like you’re 12?
You can take everything from those decoys to those paper shot shells and shove them right up your ass. 👍

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I can see where it’d be hard for someone to understand that sits with their legs hanging out in the field. And how in the world could u get the decoys out of the field to take and reset it up where he heads to?? 😱

Heck I’d like to see someone do that too

And you can kiss that arse Sonny

We dont have a low number of turkeys where Im hunting. LOL..this is all from ONE guys theory on dominant gobblers. And if you kill THE "Dominant Gobblers" No hens get bred. It is a load of BS.

I have shot dominant gobblers many times with boat loads of hens and less than 5 days later theres another gobbler with them banging them like no tomorrow.

Dr Fauci had a Theory too. Hows that working out for you?

And democrat isnt a name sonny, it is a political party that loves big govt and more regulations. Kind like you guys are asking for. Quacks like a duck, walks like a duck , acts like a duck..well its a duck.

I believe you said you’re in one of the few areas that hasn’t suffered from population decline like the majority of the state, correct? So you support what’s good for you, and not for the majority, regardless of how it affects the outcome, correct? What was that hypocrite thing you were talking about again?
And only an ignorant person can’t see the turkey hunting population grew right after decoys were legalized and people found out thru videos that they are dumb enough to run up and try to fight one. Even just a fan. Now that ”everybody” is a turkey hunter, populations start to decline, more and more people in the woods causing shortened numbers of days, fewer turkeys that can be killed and significant cuts to days on public property. Along with several other rules created with no decoys for 10 days, blah blah blah. So which one creates more regulation again??

1 rule - no decoys
Decoys — Aid in part of multiple rules, shortened seasons, etc. etc.

Something tells me you’re not real smart. Maybe you can grasp this. If not, I’m sure you’ll start rambling and calling names again. Damn, I swear you were calling others democrats…..

I agree..the Turkey population GREW after decoys were legalized...LOL. And you were saying something about "intelligence". Yep, a dumbarse dem for sure. You Mad bro? You mad?