I would echo what has already been said. It is legal here so stalking turkeys is an option not a question of ethics. Under certain conditions there may be a safety issue and there has to be some discipline involved in shot selection but really that should be used when making any shooting decision. Depending on location, time of year, pressure, etc. stalking could be a more effective way to hunt turkeys than calling.

I have ambushed turkeys on a stake out with no calls or decoys. Set up just like hunting a deer on a transition route. I have stalked them and made kills that way. I quickly found that I didn' t get the same thrill out of turkey hunting by those means. I wouldn' t criticize a fellow hunter for doing it that way, all I am saying is that for me it gives me no satisfaction. Not to dissimilar than one person liking a certain type of food while another may not. Both have to eat, their tastes lead them in different directions. One is not ethically better than the other just different, that is all.

I don' t expect everyone to feel the same way I do about this subject, but in my case the fun of turkey hunting is using calls, interacting with the birds, drawing them into your ruse, and trying to close the deal. I understand that there is a relatively small window of opportunity to hunt them effectively in this fashion but that is okay. When the breeding season is over then the memories of the spring hunts carry me to the next season. If they are not responding to the calls, I would get just as much satisfaction mowing the grass as I would hunting turkeys. But that is just me.