This is my opinion.......
I prefer fare chase, I hunt the Roost Every hunt, I get close very close, I have never nor will I ever shoot a turkey on the Roost.

If they come to me on the ground then I have used my hunting skills to get my gobbler, scouting, setting up, calling him in and shooting strait.

It is not illegal here in Colorado to shoot a turkey off the roost, on one hunt I set up on a roosted gobbler and as light broke I heard a shot and saw the same clown that ruined my setup the day before (he walked right through my decoys, He followed the sound of me and two gobblers I was calling to). He ran down the hill to his kill and when I saw him leave I checked it out, he had gutted it and I found eggs. Nothing wrong with a bearded hen if it was bearded.( in Colorado bearded hens are legal,you may shoot a bearded turkey here ) I had a young boy with me and had to explain what just happed.
I know this guy was a clown and a stupid one because coming into someones calling can get you killed!
From his behavior I think he just didn't have the knowledge and hunting skills to hunt and kill a bird Ethically giving the bird a far chance, he took the fast and unethical way in my opinion.

I agree any idiot can shoot a bird off of the roost, shooting a bird of the roost even if it is not illegal, the idiot is NO HUNTER just a lazy killer .

We had a guy hear hunting bear..... he shot the bear while it was sleeping in its den! He's no hunter! Just a killer! Colorado DOW did not expect a hunter to do such an underhanded thing so after that incident they immediately made it illegal.
Sometimes when there is no law against an act it does not mean the act is expected and meant to be legal.

I wonder all those that say it is legal in their state to shoot a turkey off the roost...
Is it really? Or did those states just not think they had lazy clowns shooting roosted turkeys?

If you put in the effort you can become a turkey hunter and not just a killer.
To any who have done it and learned from their mistakes I say thank you and welcome!

And thats my opinion.