Hunters mistaken for real turkeys

[Quillback]

You gotta laugh.  Kansas has pretty stringent laws regarding hunter education, even someone my age has to have attended a Hunter ed course to get a license in Kansas.  Obviously the training did not take hold in the minds of these 3 stooges.  Fortunately it appears no one was seriously hurt.

[Greasy B]

For the life of me I can't imagine pulling the trigger at a vision of a turkey like form. Hunting license are like drivers license, they are way too easy to get. 

[ollie]

I have been seeing this style of turkey hunting popping up in my FB feed lately and I think it is one of the dumbest ways to hunt I have ever seen.  After reading the article it only proves I was right.

[fishinwrench]

27 minutes ago, ollie said:

I have been seeing this style of turkey hunting popping up in my FB feed lately and I think it is one of the dumbest ways to hunt I have ever seen.  After reading the article it only proves I was right.

Oh I think it would be a great way to hunt turkeys....As long as you know for sure that there isn't any idiots within shotgun range. 

I was taught to not shoot any bird until you could clearly see his beak. That insures that the bird is within range AND that it is most definitely a bird.

[Terrierman]

People who shoot other people need to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.  It's really bad form.

[snagged in outlet 3]

I know a guy that used to shoot the preshow video for ESPN Outdoors years ago.

He told me about how he hunted snow geese that were sitting in fields.  He took a piece of plywood about 4 x 6 feet and he would camo it with the ground material from the field he was hunting in.  He would then hold it up it in front of himself and walk right up to the birds.  They couldn't distinguish it from the ground and would stay put until he dropped it and started shooting. 

[David Unnerstall]

I hunt over a hen decoy.  It is my strategy to call in the hens and the gobbler will follow.  I place it a good 20 feet from me.  But I will only do this on private ground.  I never use the decoy on public ground.

[jdmidwest]

A buddy of mine bought some mirror panels designed to be the ultimate camo a few years back.  Might work in a flat field, but did not look real in any place around here.

Turkey hunters are in full camo and making noises that mimic a turkey.  Now they even dress up like one.  Add to the mix dense foliage, dim light, lack of optic enhancement like a scope, and aging eyes of older hunters, so many things to go wrong.

As a 16 year old kid, I was hunting with my great uncle on public land close to our farm during rifle deer season on opening day.  My uncle had dropped me off and went up the ridg and parked to hunt.  Around daylight, we heard a lone shot.  A few minutes later, a few cries for help.  Neither one of us bothered to go check it out, we just thought it was some kid that wanted us to help him drag a deer out.  When we went in for lunch, we found out what had happened on the other ridge.  A hung over kid that was about 18 or 19, partied all night, went hunting that morning.  His grandpa went hunting that morning also, but only wore a red checkered flannel shirt.  In the early morning, that bleary eyed kid gutshot grandpa as he was slipping thru the woods.  The 30-30 round took several days to finish the job, but the grandpa died.  The grandson never went hunting again, not that he was much of a sportsman to start with.

I learned alot that day.  Know what you are aiming at.  Don't hunt without a clear head.  Wear orange.  Let others know where you are. 

I have sit in public woods calling a turkey gobbler and had a guy walk in front of me.  I cautiously waved and did not get his attention.  I called rather loudly, still no attention.  When he dropped trousers and started taking a dump, I got up and introduced myself as the landowner of the property he was trespassing on.

It can be a dangerous sport.

[Deadstream]

2 hours ago, jdmidwest said:

started taking a dump, I got up and introduced myself as the landowner of the property he was trespassing on.

Bet that scared the stuff out of him!        It can be very dangerous, I could write a book about the stuff I have seen in my 45 years of Turkey/Deer hunting,  amazing what we see and get away with.   

[ness]

On 4/25/2017 at 8:13 PM, fishinwrench said:

Who (besides Kansas Flatlanders) shoots a turkey in the butt ?

I was gonna be offended at that display of prejudice, then I read the article. Now I've got nothing. 

You gotta know what the heck you're shooting at.