I think it's completly ethical. If you can sneek up within gun range of a wild turkey with spooking him......you deserve to shoot him. I don't think that's any easier than sitting hidden and calling the bird in. As far as poachers go.....well, you should always ID what you are shooting at anyway. So if it's not a turkey w/out a doubt then don't shoot it. I can't imagine shooting at a sound or some unknown movement hoping it's a turkey. What is that about?