15 shot and 2 dead.

[Sir-diealot]

Yes , let's only Bowhunt turkeys ,  but let's Bowhunt with out tent blinds and deeks .    Now we huntin !!

No camo, pulleys, wheels or turkey calls that are not wingbones either.

[Howie g]

Now we talkin

[Tomfoolery]

In all honesty I have never heard of a shooting involving  reaping. Another saying, "Perception is reality".

The first fanning fatality occurred ~2014 in Virginia. Mentions it in the following article.

https://www.thefranklinnewspost.com/news/turkey-fanning-effective-way-to-hunt-but-is-it-safe/article_09a16058-2692-11e7-adfd-2f52203883e5.html



There have been numerous incidents since. A quick google search will reveal several.

Here is a link to two 'reapers' shot in Kansas in 2017.

https://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2017/04/18/hunter-shoots-two-partners-hiding-behind-turkey-fan/



Once we get a few more fatalities out of the way, hopefully there will be a major push to ban it and any 'fan' type decoys.

This is on the same line of thinking as banning guns to prevent mass shootings. The fact that people are getting shot behind decoys doesn't change the idiot shooter. Why should ethical hunters have to give something up to cater to the idiots? I personally have never hunted with a fan decoy and very rarely hunt with a decoy, but I don't think legal, ethical, experienced hunters should have to sacrifice anything because a select few people are idiots. Decoys are used more when kids are there to present a better shot and to keep turkeys focused on something else while trying to get the youngsters a shot.

[idgobble]

https://www.kansas.com/news/state/article242816791.html

Any updates?  Boy still recovering?  Shooter identified and charged?