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LoL...guess we do what we have to do to get the job done

Does it come in 4 wheel drive?

Wonder if I could ride it?

I'm waiting on the drone model, it will cover more ground and faster ...

Quote from: WorkingBirds on May 06, 2020, 08:24:04 AM
Does it come in 4 wheel drive?

4 wheel drive comes standard.

Yeah, everyone who's a real turkey hunter knows you need a real fan, not that fabric junk. 

Safer than fanning

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There's no shortage of suckers to buy up the latest gimmick.

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Waiting for the tow accessory to reap in style

Man.....I sure hope that is under the Christmas tree this year  :drool:

That looks like the RC model.  Mine just has a string.  Once I reel it in, I have to put it back out.

Quote from: NCL on May 06, 2020, 10:10:25 AM
Waiting for the tow accessory to reap in style

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Quote from: RutnNStrutn on May 06, 2020, 10:01:24 AM
There's no shortage of suckers to buy up the latest gimmick.

Sent from deep in the woods where the critters roam.

I do not think it is for "suckers."  If I wanted to "kill" a turkey...  I'd buy one of those... 

I just seriously question the ethics of using such a decoy....  Put a DSD on that thing, and you'd fool some good hunters (myself included)...  If that thing with a DSD came rolling by me, I could see myself being fooled.

It saddens and angers me to see such a decoy hit the market...  The company making such a decoy obviously has little concern with the ethics and conservation of the sport...  And actually making turkey hunting the act of killing a bird more than a "sporting challenge."

All decoys are created by Satan himself.

Quote from: dejake on May 06, 2020, 12:17:29 PM
That looks like the RC model.  Mine just has a string.  Once I reel it in, I have to put it back out.

pro tip,    always sit up hill from your decoy, after you pull it in just let it roll back down hill to the end of the string

The sad thing of it is, some people will use this and wait for the one you can put a shotgun on it and "hunt" by lap top from bed. That's what is coming next. Sad state of affairs.

I don't need to kill one that bad to reap or use this thing. Unfortunately some people do.

Illegal in MD. All states should follow suit.

They have a Southern version that comes with spinners. 

Those have been around probably 3-5 yrs.
I'm sure that they have sold more than a few.lol


           Greg

Desperation..... :turkey2:

Wait a minute! Sometimes I hunt in a blind and get really bored. I check all of my Facebook friends and eat my lunch and take a few naps. This decoy would be great to kill some time while I'm waiting to kill tom. I wonder if it does wheelies?

What's the big deal? What's the difference between that and those other decoys you pull on a string to make move, like the DSD Mating Motion decoys? People get uptight about the strangest things.


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Quote from: greencop01 on May 06, 2020, 01:09:22 PM
The sad thing of it is, some people will use this and wait for the one you can put a shotgun on it and "hunt" by lap top from bed. That's what is coming next. Sad state of affairs.

The remote killing by computer was aqlready tried and outlawed. Texas I think but it was not Turkeys but deer.

I have the beta version.  My grandson wanted to dress up like a turkey to walk out and lure em in.  No batteries required. 

Need a gas and diesel version, and the diesel version needs those over-sized smokestack exhaust pipes for the cool factor.

Quote from: J-Shaped on May 06, 2020, 05:51:43 PM
Need a gas and diesel version, and the diesel version needs those over-sized smokestack exhaust pipes for the cool factor.

Probably work great on public land :funnyturkey:

If that thing drives by me I'm pretty sure it won't be driving away!

please delete

Quote from: crow on May 06, 2020, 12:37:52 PM

Quote from: dejake on May 06, 2020, 12:17:29 PM
That looks like the RC model.  Mine just has a string.  Once I reel it in, I have to put it back out.

pro tip,    always sit up hill from your decoy, after you pull it in just let it roll back down hill to the end of the string

Dang it man.  I spit my water out when I read that.  Hilarious.


I have one of these.  I mounted a go pro on the front and stream it to my iPhone.  I don't shoot the turkeys though.  I just run them over.   :newmascot:

To each their own. If it's legal, have at it. I've reaped and shot birds from a blind, love it all. Times they are a changing...

We were grouse hunting walking a tote road a while back and the dog on the ground was wearing a gps collar and no bell. Another party was coming up the road with their dogs at heel, when we were asked if we had a dog I replied I run my dogs with a gps and only leave the road to work a point. "That's hardly hunting." Said the hunter to us.

When flashers hit the market we bought vexilar units for ice fishing. Seeing a glittering baitball light up your screen and Lakers seething below them was a sight to first behold as was icing 65 Lakers in a morning between two of us. Walking past the tip-up brigade and dragging our shanties we were asked how we did. When we told them and how we did it, "Kinda takes the fun right out of it." Was their reply.

Better living through technology...

One mans version of better .


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Quote from: camotoe on May 07, 2020, 08:44:32 AM
One mans version of better .

So was the Flowbee.

I would much rather go home empty-handed from every turkey hunt for the rest of my life, than resort to using that thing. 

Quote from: TonyTurk on May 07, 2020, 06:02:33 PM
I would much rather go home empty-handed from every turkey hunt for the rest of my life, than resort to using that thing.
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Agree whole heartedly. Disgusting.

Look on the bright side. No one is gonna look any dumber than holding a fan in front of their face. Still it would be fun to fill with tannerite and race across a field on our hunting lease in Wv.

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Quote from: Marc on May 06, 2020, 12:31:46 PM

Quote from: RutnNStrutn on May 06, 2020, 10:01:24 AM
There's no shortage of suckers to buy up the latest gimmick.

Sent from deep in the woods where the critters roam.

I do not think it is for "suckers."  If I wanted to "kill" a turkey...  I'd buy one of those... 

I just seriously question the ethics of using such a decoy....  Put a DSD on that thing, and you'd fool some good hunters (myself included)...  If that thing with a DSD came rolling by me, I could see myself being fooled.

It saddens and angers me to see such a decoy hit the market...  The company making such a decoy obviously has little concern with the ethics and conservation of the sport...  And actually making turkey hunting the act of killing a bird more than a "sporting challenge."

Of course. The only thing they care about is making money, like most companies.

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Quote from: silvestris on May 06, 2020, 12:37:23 PM
All decoys are created by Satan himself.

ROFL!!!
Why is it that guys like you condemn decoy use, and look down on guys who use them, or hunt out of blinds, or don't hunt exactly like you do? I use dekes, sometimes. But I haven't killed a bird over a decoy in 4 years. I'm of the philosophy that if decoy use is legal, and you want to hunt over a decoy, and kill a gobbler that way, I'll be the first guy to congratulate you. I say if it's legal, you want to do it, and it makes you happy, go for it!! :icon_thumright:(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200508/4adc08d32ac7bc613c719f8153f97809.jpg)

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Quote from: Tail Feathers on May 06, 2020, 05:33:53 PM
I have the beta version.  My grandson wanted to dress up like a turkey to walk out and lure em in.  No batteries required.

:D

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Quote from: crow on May 06, 2020, 12:37:52 PM

Quote from: dejake on May 06, 2020, 12:17:29 PM
That looks like the RC model.  Mine just has a string.  Once I reel it in, I have to put it back out.

pro tip,    always sit up hill from your decoy, after you pull it in just let it roll back down hill to the end of the string

Dang it man.  I spit my water out when I read that.  Hilarious.


I have one of these.  I mounted a go pro on the front and stream it to my iPhone.  I don't shoot the turkeys though.  I just run them over.   :newmascot:

:D

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Quote from: Yoder409 on May 07, 2020, 01:13:10 PM

Quote from: camotoe on May 07, 2020, 08:44:32 AM
One mans version of better .

So was the Flowbee.

Man, I love this entire thread!!! I've laughed so hard reading the responses!!!

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Quote from: Happy on May 07, 2020, 06:31:02 PM
Look on the bright side. No one is gonna look any dumber than holding a fan in front of their face. Still it would be fun to fill with tannerite and race across a field on our hunting lease in Wv.

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Probably the best reply yet!!!

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That looks like a ton of FUN! Think about this... I have a field that is full of turkey a month before season. By the time season gets here they are gone? Snippers, baiters, chicken manure spreading, IDK, but they leave. How much fun would that be to set that guy out there in the field a hour before daylight and drive around in a flock of gobblers? I think that would be a blast! Bet you could get some awesome footage, might even catch a snipper.

Quote from: WV Flopper on May 08, 2020, 12:42:08 PM
That looks like a ton of FUN! Think about this... I have a field that is full of turkey a month before season. By the time season gets here they are gone? Snippers, baiters, chicken manure spreading, IDK, but they leave. How much fun would that be to set that guy out there in the field a hour before daylight and drive around in a flock of gobblers? I think that would be a blast! Bet you could get some awesome footage, might even catch a snipper.

What's a snipper? Is that a professional turkey castrator? Turns all the he turkeys into it turkeys?

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Quote from: Happy on May 08, 2020, 03:52:21 PM

Quote from: WV Flopper on May 08, 2020, 12:42:08 PM
That looks like a ton of FUN! Think about this... I have a field that is full of turkey a month before season. By the time season gets here they are gone? Snippers, baiters, chicken manure spreading, IDK, but they leave. How much fun would that be to set that guy out there in the field a hour before daylight and drive around in a flock of gobblers? I think that would be a blast! Bet you could get some awesome footage, might even catch a snipper.

What's a snipper? Is that a professional turkey castrator? Turns all the he turkeys into it turkeys?

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ROFL!!!

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The " if it's legal " crowd tickles the —— out of me !     Sad ???? days we live in .

Quote from: Howie g on May 09, 2020, 08:40:51 AM
The " if it's legal " crowd tickles the —— out of me !     Sad ???? days we live in .

Why would that be? If the state rules a hunting method is legal, but you don't approve, who are you to say it's wrong? The "holier than thou" crowd are pompous in my opinion.
No decoys!!
No blinds!!
No bushwhacking birds!!
No reaping!!
No TSS!!
Call them in or you can't shoot them!!
Hunt exactly as I do, or you're not a real turkey hunter!!
Yeah, right.
"Hunters" who think like that are bad for the hunting community. We have enough people trying to stop hunting without having some in our ranks trying to stop methods of hunting too.

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I've been called way worse things then pompous ????,,, and yes I don't agree with about 75 % of those methods you mentioned and the day I have to hunt them like that is the day I take up golf .... have a good one .

Quote from: Howie g on May 09, 2020, 10:48:11 PM
I've been called way worse things then pompous ????,,, and yes I don't agree with about 75 % of those methods you mentioned and the day I have to hunt them like that is the day I take up golf .... have a good one .

I wasn't calling you pompous, just saying that's how I feel about the crowd that condemns other hunters for using legal hunting methods.
The difference is, you or anyone else doesn't HAVE TO employ such methods. If they're legal in your state it becomes a personal choice.
Have a great day Howie, and good luck the rest of your season.

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Sometimes the truth hurts . I asked my wife , hey , what does " pompous' mean ?
   She said look at yourself in a mirror and you'll see the definition!!
Thanks for the season wishes .  Unfortunately, both the states I hunt seasons are over .
Normally hit at least one Midwest state each spring ,  but made a decision to stay close to home with this virus thing .  It was a challenge this spring , but I managed to scratch out a few .   Good luck to I also

I guess the wife told you. Whether she is correct or not, if momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!! Wear it with pride.
Yeah, I feel your pain. I mainly hunt FLA and SC, and they are both closed now. I had trips to Bama, Kentucky and Mexico planned, but all got cancelled due to Coronavirus. Oh well, there's always next year.

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Quote from: RutnNStrutn on May 11, 2020, 12:20:46 AM
I guess the wife told you. Whether she is correct or not, if momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!! Wear it with pride.
Yeah, I feel your pain. I mainly hunt FLA and SC, and they are both closed now. I had trips to Bama, Kentucky and Mexico planned, but all got cancelled due to Coronavirus. Oh well, there's always next year.

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If you're going to Mexico next year, be sure to get the RC decoy buggy with the extra lift kit and bigger tires.   It's really rocky down there........and fill the tires with Tire Slime.   A lotta thorns, too.

Oh.........and paint the tips on the fan white for 4X4 deke-ing them Gould's.

Quote from: Yoder409 on May 11, 2020, 10:40:42 AM

Quote from: RutnNStrutn on May 11, 2020, 12:20:46 AM
I guess the wife told you. Whether she is correct or not, if momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!! Wear it with pride.
Yeah, I feel your pain. I mainly hunt FLA and SC, and they are both closed now. I had trips to Bama, Kentucky and Mexico planned, but all got cancelled due to Coronavirus. Oh well, there's always next year.

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If you're going to Mexico next year, be sure to get the RC decoy buggy with the extra lift kit and bigger tires.   It's really rocky down there........and fill the tires with Tire Slime.   A lotta thorns, too.

Oh.........and paint the tips on the fan white for 4X4 deke-ing them Gould's.

If your going to spend the money for all those extras you minds well get the "low rider" option as well,
that up-down bounce motion with a full fan is not something you see every day, not even on public land.

The low-rider package works well in Mexico ................. But only in Tijuana.

Quote from: RutnNStrutn on May 07, 2020, 08:01:55 PM

Quote from: silvestris on May 06, 2020, 12:37:23 PM
All decoys are created by Satan himself.

ROFL!!!
Why is it that guys like you condemn decoy use, and look down on guys who use them, or hunt out of blinds, or don't hunt exactly like you do? I use dekes, sometimes. But I haven't killed a bird over a decoy in 4 years. I'm of the philosophy that if decoy use is legal, and you want to hunt over a decoy, and kill a gobbler that way, I'll be the first guy to congratulate you. I say if it's legal, you want to do it, and it makes you happy, go for it!!

That's kinda where I am on the topic.  I've heard somewhere that hunters of some of our other feathered friends hide, dress in camo, and use decoys and bird noises to lure birds.  Some of the contraptions they use create motion and are even motorized.  The difference is, for hunting those particular birds that's all perfectly acceptable and commonplace.  But for the wild turkey it creates division and hurtful comments.  I'm out to complete the mission, which is to bring home game legally.  The first man that developed a hook to catch a fish or spear to kill game created the "unfair advantage".  Humans suck at acquiring animal protein using their physical attributes.  So to obtain such food we had to develop tools, which sets us apart from those we eat.

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Quote from: RutnNStrutn on May 07, 2020, 08:01:55 PM

Quote from: silvestris on May 06, 2020, 12:37:23 PM
All decoys are created by Satan himself.

ROFL!!!
Why is it that guys like you condemn decoy use, and look down on guys who use them, or hunt out of blinds, or don't hunt exactly like you do? I use dekes, sometimes. But I haven't killed a bird over a decoy in 4 years. I'm of the philosophy that if decoy use is legal, and you want to hunt over a decoy, and kill a gobbler that way, I'll be the first guy to congratulate you. I say if it's legal, you want to do it, and it makes you happy, go for it!!

That's kinda where I am on the topic.  I've heard somewhere that hunters of some of our other feathered friends hide, dress in camo, and use decoys and bird noises to lure birds.  Some of the contraptions they use create motion and are even motorized.  The difference is, for hunting those particular birds that's all perfectly acceptable and commonplace.  But for the wild turkey it creates division and hurtful comments.  I'm out to complete the mission, which is to bring home game legally.  The first man that developed a hook to catch a fish or spear to kill game created the "unfair advantage".  Humans suck at acquiring animal protein using their physical attributes.  So to obtain such food we had to develop tools, which sets us apart from those we eat.

:icon_thumright:

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Quote from: Yoder409 on May 11, 2020, 01:27:15 PM
The low-rider package works well in Mexico ................. But only in Tijuana.

Yoder, you and Crow are killing me!!!

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The low-rider package IS really kinda cool, though.

Comes with fuzzy dice and a continuous loop of War's song from "Up in Smoke" playing on a teeny-weeny stereo.

Quote from: Yoder409 on May 11, 2020, 08:57:13 PM
The low-rider package IS really kinda cool, though.

Comes with fuzzy dice and a continuous loop of War's song from "Up in Smoke" playing on a teeny-weeny stereo.

That might even make an ocellated turkey gobble

Quote from: crow on May 11, 2020, 09:45:21 PM

Quote from: Yoder409 on May 11, 2020, 08:57:13 PM
The low-rider package IS really kinda cool, though.

Comes with fuzzy dice and a continuous loop of War's song from "Up in Smoke" playing on a teeny-weeny stereo.

That might even make an ocellated turkey gobble

Oh...... !!!!!    GUARANTEED that Gould's and Oscellateds would fall all over themselves for the low-rider package !!!!

:D

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Quote from: RutnNStrutn on May 07, 2020, 08:01:55 PM

Quote from: silvestris on May 06, 2020, 12:37:23 PM
All decoys are created by Satan himself.

ROFL!!!
Why is it that guys like you condemn decoy use, and look down on guys who use them, or hunt out of blinds, or don't hunt exactly like you do? I use dekes, sometimes. But I haven't killed a bird over a decoy in 4 years. I'm of the philosophy that if decoy use is legal, and you want to hunt over a decoy, and kill a gobbler that way, I'll be the first guy to congratulate you. I say if it's legal, you want to do it, and it makes you happy, go for it!! :icon_thumright:(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200508/4adc08d32ac7bc613c719f8153f97809.jpg)

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I don't really care how others hunt either. Decoys are the respected method for duck hunting . I admit I wouldn't ever use the decoy pictured but have used decoys to kill birds in the past but tend to leave them at home the last 3 years


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Hopefully, it is available in AWD with a limited slip differential

Quote from: Chris O on May 22, 2020, 05:12:43 AM

I don't really care how others hunt either. Decoys are the respected method for duck hunting . I admit I wouldn't ever use the decoy pictured but have used decoys to kill birds in the past but tend to leave them at home the last 3 years


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The waterfowl hunters I hunt with and come in contact with would not think twice about using a mojo under most situations. Everyone uses decoys for waterfowl in most situations. Most everyone uses blinds in most situations. Calling is again used in most situations.

Turkeys are not that different, a bird is a bird, but you still need to be on the X. We could kill a limit of birds by just calling AND being on the x, same for just setting up in a travel route (pass shooting). The nuances of turkey hunting don't hold true for the same duck hunter, what might be condoned in waterfowl is not in turkey hunting and gets disparaging remarks. Hunting out of a blind , with electronic decoys, acceptable in waterfowl but not for turkey. Hunting a travel route and taking longer than normal shots, you're a woodsman in the turkey woods but a skybuster in the marsh- why can't u finish your birds?

Well, you know that brother gobblers travel together, so I want two of 'em.  Imagine the pulling power 2 of those used together might have?  That, and I could race 'em when things got slow...just sayin'

Jim

I'm thinking if they'd do a hen on an R/C helicopter, you could do a darned realistic flydown with it.

One of the most fun muzzleloader matches I shot in was a remote control truck with a helium ballon tied to the antenna and they ran it out in a field.

To keep it fair, the guy running the controls had his back to the shooter and the truck, it would run fast in a strait line, stop spin around in circles and zig zag.

it was fun to watch and shoot (the ballon), if you shot the truck you had to pay for it.