Talking with a friend and he said he would use his mojo scoot and shoot on public land. I said no way, i dont trust public land enough. Id only do it on private where i know im the only one. Am i paranoid or is he crazy?
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It's been rehashed but I'd think it's unsafe. It's also illegal in lots of places
It's called natural selection...
Quote from: Bowguy on March 14, 2017, 06:48:30 PM
It's been rehashed but I'd think it's unsafe. It's also illegal in lots of places
He's Crazy :z-dizzy:
You could get shot by someone taking a "sound"shot because they heard a turkey. You could get shot while using decoys. You could get shot by someone stalking in on your setup. I wouldn't worry about using a fan or whatever decoy to hide behind. Private land doesn't mean your safe eather. You could get shot by a trespasser or poacher. This applies to all hunting. A couple years ago a man was killed by a hunter while shooting at a "deer" 1 hour before legal shooting time. The man's son was sitting with him when he was killed. The shooter claimed the man didn't have orange on. Hunt however you want,we are surrounded by idiots all day long.
I've seen some people do some stupid stuff public and private. I pack an orange hat on public ground for when I'm on the move. It seems like every year someone around here catches a face full of #6 shot. I was actually just talking to a guy at work today about how I think spring turkey hunting is more dangerous than deer hunting.
No. I would use one of the new remote control options to drive my decoy right up to him then lure him right back to the blind I'm hiding in.
These ignorant coon asses in Louisiana will do anything to kill a turkey (except learning how to hunt lol) I wouldn't sit near a hen decoy much less a strutting gobbler decoy.
Quote from: Bowguy on March 14, 2017, 06:48:30 PM
It's been rehashed but I'd think it's unsafe. It's also illegal in lots of places
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I wouldn't myself (but I won't use a sneak decoy either, my choice)... Besides I still want to turkey hunt again next year too.
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I really don't wanna see it happen, but I fear somebody is gonna get hurt/killed doing this someday..
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trolling but doesn't seem anyone has taken the bait yet...
It's going to take several people getting killed to get it outlawed in more states. That'd be a good way for someone to start the process of changing the laws to where you actually have to hunt.
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I did it on the last day of an out of state hunt last year. The gobbler was in the middle of a 100 or so acre cut corn field. And behind him was a lake. I didn't really stalk him though, I just threw up a fan and he came sprinting 300 yards. I felt 100% safe in the situation. 9 out of 10 times I wouldn't have tried it, but the situation was perfectly safe.
He needs to get the idea out of his head
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Darwin Award.... :z-winnersmiley:
To me it is a idiotic thing to do anywhere public or private land North, South, East or West and anyone who attempts it is just asking for trouble.I chucked Cabela's and Mack's Prairie wings spring turkey catalogs in the trash when I found they both had a couple pages dedicated to turkey crawling.
I wouldn't do it. But you're still more likely to die driving to work than hunting, just don't see the need to up the risk of dying while hunting.
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In 2009 I had a guy shoot my foam jake decoy on public land in florida. Last was the last time I have ever use any kind of male turkey decoy on Public land. Still could get shoot today for many other reasons, just cutting down odds where I can. There are a lot of wannabe turkey hunters out there. Some dropping bread crumbs to find there way back out of the woods. And you are thinking of using What; don't do it.
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For the life of me, I do not understand why this is a thing. NO, YOUR FRIEND SHOULD NOT USE THAT METHOD ON PUBLIC LAND, much less private land. As many have said, you don't know who is on your land (poachers/trespassers/etc...). I will never tell somebody how they should hunt, UNLESS IT IS THIS METHOD. In case you have not noticed, I do not like or care for this method of hunting. It is not hunting; it is an accident waiting to happen.
People get shot every year because someone "heard a turkey" in the bushes and then saw the bushes move. Go read a few turkey hunting books, seems like every other one I read has a story about someone close to the author or the author being shot.
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I only hunt public land and it would be very unsafe there!! I also pack an orange hat like another member here on this post.
I have said it before, and I will say it again... The human capacity for stupidity never ceases to amaze and surprise me...
If I am reading the question correctly "Would it be safe to pretend to be a legally shootable turkey on public land?" My answer would be, probably about as safe as wearing deer antlers on your head during deer season in public land...
Gotta' think the OP is doing a bit of "fishing" on this thread...