One could argue there are a number of reasons for shotgun only on turkeys. Safety, harvest numbers, enforcing poaching, etc. I' m not opposed necessarily to a person taking one with a rifle. Not really much different than shooting a deer with a rifle.

Personnally I wouldn' t get any satisfaction out of it. I don' t expect everyone to feel the way I do but the enjoyment of the whole turkey experience for me is calling them in close. Although I do 99.9% of my hunting with a bow, I really enjoy hunting turkeys with a shotgun as they are coming to the call and in most cases a decoy. The entire hunt is just so much richer when they are close enough to hear their big feet crunching the leaves as they approach, and feel the echo of their gobbles in your chest when they sound off at twenty yards or less. Shooting them any other way and I am just cheating myself.