PA Turkey Hunting Surprised
#12
Nontypical Buck
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While I agree that the intent of the law is the safety factor,isn't calling a major factor in most accidental shooting during turkey season?
#13
No it is not!
To me (Am a Hunter Education Instructor) it is clearly NOT knowing your Target or Beyond and you are breaking one of the Cardinal rules of Hunter Safety! KNow your target - control your muzzle and absolutley No one gets hurt!
JW
To me (Am a Hunter Education Instructor) it is clearly NOT knowing your Target or Beyond and you are breaking one of the Cardinal rules of Hunter Safety! KNow your target - control your muzzle and absolutley No one gets hurt!
JW
#14
Nontypical Buck
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While I agree that failing to properly identify the target is the major reason for most hunting accidental shootings, I was simply pointing out that calling may attract other hunters to the location of the hunter that is calling,which then results in the accidental shooting by the hunter that failed to identify their target.
#15
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2010
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The whole thing sounds like flatlander nonsense. We hunt turkeys with rifles and move around while doing it. I doubt the Game Warden knew what he was talking about. I have seen guys walk around with shotguns and hunt turkeys like pheasants. That clip looked as if it pertained to special regs areas anyway.
#16
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The law applies statewide but I doubt it is enforced anywhere since the PGC doesn't even bother to put it in the Digest and they made no effort to advertise the change. There was even a PGN article about a guy that shot a turkey while pheasant hunting with his dog.
#17
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The way the law is written there is no grey area. It clearly states that the only legal method for hunting turkeys in both the spring and fall is by calling.
However, I will agree that it is highly unlikely any WCO wold cite you for waiting to ambush a turkey while sitting on a stump. However, I think it might be an entirely different story if a WCO and his son were calling to turkeys and you moved into that area and shot one of the birds they were calling. That would be a classic case of stalking which is what the law is intended to prevent.
However, I will agree that it is highly unlikely any WCO wold cite you for waiting to ambush a turkey while sitting on a stump. However, I think it might be an entirely different story if a WCO and his son were calling to turkeys and you moved into that area and shot one of the birds they were calling. That would be a classic case of stalking which is what the law is intended to prevent.
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Southampton Pa BUCKS CO
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You should never stalk a turkey. They teach you that in hunter Ed . There is a difference between stalking a turkey and hunting a turkey. Any hunter worth his weight in gold would never stalk a turkey.
#20
Nontypical Buck
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If you know the answer ,why don't you post it? Until recently stalking turkeys in the fall was legal, but the PGC changed the regs while failing to include the change in the Digest. If there is a good reason for prohibiting stalking in the fall why isn't it important enough to place in the Digest?