Just trying to make a point here. I didn't intend to lead this thread into another direction, "LOL". I know it is legal in Wyoming to hunt turkeys with rifles, but where I come from, the "spirit" of turkey hunting is to be able to decieve the gobbler by talking hen and calling him in close for a well placed shot with the scatter gun. Certain people on this thread pass judgement on others because they pay for an outfitter, hunt private ranches, hunt land-locked public ground, etc., etc., etc., because this way of harvesting game would be too easy and below his standards. Shooting turkeys with a rifle, in my estimation would fall into the "too-easy category" at minimum. IMO this is how most Easterners would feel about this topic. However, I do not criticize anyone for hunting turkeys in this manner out west. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do! It would not be well recieved in the east. Sorry to lead off the well-beaten path of this thread but I just couldn't help myself.