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strings54 04-10-2012 03:12 PM

What ever blows up your skirt! If it is legal have at it! Any idiot can shoot a tom out of a tree!

JW 04-10-2012 04:03 PM

RR that was in my early days and I learned that very quickly not to call. As you said I was made.....

But the outcome was just fine with me. He was my only 27 lb bird to date.....

JW

Adrian J Hare 04-10-2012 06:10 PM

If you shoot it out of a tree then your not a turkey hunter , your a turkey killer simple...

Timbrhuntr 04-10-2012 06:22 PM

Okay so this is getting a little confusing to me. I thought a roost was a place that a bird, fowl whatever goes to rest or sleep. So if a bird is in a tree it is on a roost. What does the time of day have to do with it? I was thinking there was a reason they didn't want them shot on the roost now I am not so sure. I am also in Ontario and I am starting to think maybe its okay to shoot them off the roost as long as its daylight. I know that in Michigan it is illegal to take a turkey while they are in a tree, period. So when it comes to shooting turkeys in a tree what is and isn't ethical? Really confused !!

GoldenEagle 04-10-2012 08:20 PM

Shooting birds from a tree ahhhh the memories .
I walked into my faverite bush seen a turkey in a tree boooom then i went home after picking up my qaurry wow something to tell the kids and grandkids friends wow i see the draw to take this method up . lol Not . Ill stick to the ole do my home work and take the chance of failing its much more appealing and you learn the wa of the gobbler in the process .
GE

Uncle Nicky 04-11-2012 04:33 AM

I've never been close enough to shoot one out of a tree.:confused0024:

OntElk 04-11-2012 04:37 AM


I am also in Ontario and I am starting to think maybe its okay to shoot them off the roost as long as its daylight
are you the same timbrhuntr from OTB? If so then you aleady thinks it's okay to roost shoot them don't you? which seems kind of strange 'cause you spent a bunch of time talking about targeting only 4 or 5 yr old toms because they are more of a "challenge". what is it, do you want a challenge or do you want to be a turkey killer?

JW, i enjoyed your story of your hunt. thanks

Timbrhuntr 04-11-2012 06:05 AM


Originally Posted by OntElk (Post 3928760)
are you the same timbrhuntr from OTB? ". what is it, do you want a challenge or do you want to be a turkey killer?

I want to be just like you. You are my hero because you know it all.

JW 04-11-2012 06:16 AM


Originally Posted by Timbrhuntr (Post 3928788)
I want to be just like you. You are my hero because you know it all.

Sorry I certainly don't know it all! Do write about my experiences though to share with other - read em or leave em - it don't matter to me. And I learn each year I am out there...

Thanks

JW

Murdy 04-11-2012 06:26 AM

Ethics can be a slippery slope. There's a fair number of people who think decoys are not ethical.


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