RE: Public land..... Slobs
I can relate to your problems on private and public land. Twice I had guys come to (my) scouted roosted gobbling bird to try to shoot them out of the tree. One shot from 70-80 yards away. Another time I had a guy come running, lost and yelling during fall season while I had a boss gobbler at thirty yards coming out of the brush. He said he was so glad I was a hunter and not a real turkey......
I had to yell at three guys crawling upon my decoys with the guns ready....and there was this guy who shot from 70+ yards at a gobbler which was approaching my calling and holding its head just above a slight grade...one more step by the turkey and I could see his beard....
Not to mention the times guys try to move in on a gobbler when they know you are working the bird ....once with my decoys setting in plain site in a field....
Then the two guys on a 4 wheeler came racing through the woods toward a gobbler I had been exchanging calls with for 45 minutes....they said they just wanted to see how big the birds was....
Guys who hear your hen calls...call back and start moving in on my location..
And don't forget the road hunters which drive around to locate a calling bird so they can jump out of they car and go running at the bird while their driver waits. I swear I can hear the yell "Charge."
This not to mention coyote, foxes, a bull and dog interference.....
Yes, I can relate.