I love hunting turkeys with a rifle I dont feel its cheating at all. If you have ever hunted log jumpers in the deep swamp lands then you know why. I believe its as much a challenge to shoot a turkey in the head/neck with a rifle at 60 -100 yards as it is to call one up to 20 yards. I have killed far more birds with my shot gun but when I get one thats held up I got somethin for him too. I use a 22 hornet and yes I have killed them at 100 yards with it and not hurt any meat.