If I had to deer hunt a turkey I would quit.
if there was a legit reason, where you couldn't hunt them the way you normaly do and had to hunt differently like with a 22 say, or off the ground. I bet you would do whatever you had to to keep hunting them. things change and you gotta change and adapt or quit. my whole shooting/hunting situation has changed for the worse and I gotta learn new ways to do things. you can teach old dogs new tricks if willing to put in the work.
1/2 of the hunt is getting them up nice and close to seal the deal. Sitting in a tree stand wouldn't cut it for me although I believe it's legal. Might as well use the 22 and pop them from a 100 yds. Just no sport in it imho. I equate turkey hunting to flats fishing. To me the pursuit of the game is the reason I do it. Spotting a tail is like hearing a gobble in the distance. Then it's up to me to be in the right spot for that small amount of time that I can present my bait or pull the trigger. 90% of the reason I do it is because of the excitement of getting to that point. That being said I ain't that good at either. LOL
Not me. I'm not trying to argue but for me the whole essence of turkey hunting is the interaction between me and the gobbler,becoming almost one of them. For me a successful turkey hunt is working a bird and convincing him I am a hen. I will never berate anybody's style of hunting as long as its legal but if all someone ever does is park themselves over a food source and wait and call a little bit here and there is cheating themselves out of the excitement of a classic turkey hunt. I can assure you I will never shoot one with a rifle legal or not.
Out there somewhere is a gobbler who wants to commit suicide and its my job to find him.
