my thoughts on reaping

[quavers59]

  I agree- Reaping should be illegal in every State.

[Spitten and drummen]

Hear is what I think about it. I think it compensates for wanna be turkey hunters. People love hero shots to put on social media and only care about killing something. Disgusting to me. Never done it and never will. Its about the hunt not the kill for me. Thats my 2 cents.

[Turkeyman]

"I think it compensates for wanna be turkey hunters. People love hero shots to put on social media"

JMO but I think a lot of folks would quit hunting if they couldn't brag on it. Never had any social media account other than FB and cancelled that.

[Spitten and drummen]

"I think it compensates for wanna be turkey hunters. People love hero shots to put on social media"

JMO but I think a lot of folks would quit hunting if they couldn't brag on it. Never had any social media account other than FB and cancelled that.

I agree 100 percent.

[NCL]

Hear is what I think about it. I think it compensates for wanna be turkey hunters. People love hero shots to put on social media and only care about killing something. Disgusting to me. Never done it and never will. Its about the hunt not the kill for me. Thats my 2 cents.

Totally agree, some of my most memorable hunts I never pulled the trigger

[High plains drifter]

I've gotten to the point where I can usually call in a bird. Reeping doesn't seem necessary.

[Crghss]

Others can do as they please, for me it is too dangerous.

[budtripp]

[/quote] In the words of Phil Anselmo, "Be yourself, by yourself." [/quote]

The next line of that song "stay away from meee.."  Also applies to my turkey hunting 

[Jeremy1978]

I had to Google what it is
Id never do it on public.
Other then that I dont understand what is so bad about it. I think itd be fun

[WildTigerTrout]

Not legal in Pennsylvania.  Even if it was I would never hunt turkeys like that as IMO you are asking to get shot!  Way to dangerous.  I am very careful here and very seldom even use my gobble tube call.

[PNWturkey]

Reaping is not my cup of tea either, doesn't seem very safe and IMO is questionable how "Fair Chase" it really is.  i.e. why make electronic calling illegal (a recorded real turkey call) but allow sneaking in behind a real turkey fan?

One thing about turkey hunting in the PNW, is that much of the prime turkey habitat is covered in Poison Oak.  I have previously thought this to be negative, but on second thought an understory of Poison Oak keeps the belly crawlers/reapers to a minimum 

[deerhunt1988]

I don't reap, I just wear a strutter helmet.






When someone finally shoots me, I hope the video gets a million views!!!!

[eggshell]

I have stayed away from commenting on this thread anymore, but I watched that video and I was honestly disgusted !    Not even wearing camo. In my neck of the woods they would go damn hungry and embarrassed, you rarely ever see gobblers out in fields while driving around. If you ain't in the hills and woods you ain't killing turkeys. This is not turkey hunting, this is something else and I want no part of it. The very fact they are keeping a timed body count, tells me a whole lot about character

[silvestris]

It has gotten to the point where I have recognized that it is not the turkeys that have soured me on my long held passion, but the recent people who have taken up the "game"and their idea of how the game should be played.  I wish all would read and understand Chapter 3 of Kenny Morgan's book, America, Wild Turkeys and Mongrel Dogs".  Kenny explains it more succinctly than I ever could.  The question for one to answer is "Am I a mongrel, and am I OK with that?"

[jims]

If some of you believe reaping is bad what do you think about rifles legal in states like Wyoming and South Dakota during turkey season?  It seems like rifles are pretty darn effective at shooting turkeys at long ranges.  It's pretty spooky having rifle turkey hunters in an area with turkey reapers hiding behind a decoy or even hunters sitting in a stand behind decoys.