RE: Shooting turkeys on the roost
 

NO! end of discussion

RE: Shooting turkeys on the roost
 

Only cheaters or lazy hunters shoot birds off roost!

RE: Shooting turkeys on the roost
 

Just curious. All the guys who said that they would "never" do it. What kind of property do you hunt private or public???

RE: Shooting turkeys on the roost
 

I would never shoot abird on the limb and i hunt both private and public lands

RE: Shooting turkeys on the roost
 

Ken,I've had the unfortune of having it happen to me on both types of ground!In fact one time we had a bird roosted on our piece of ground but only about 60 yards from the next piece of property's fenceline!Some "Jackass"snuck up to the fence touched it off and sent the gobbler sailing off down into a canyon we were set-up next too!The best part of the story is, we ended up getting the guy kicked off the nieghbors property after a heated lengthy discussion on what took place!!!!:)

RE: Shooting turkeys on the roost
 

I thought about it last year...had 3 huge gobblers within 25 yards of my setup...foggy, light drizzle...didn't even know they were that close until the fog lifted 45 minutes after sunup. I was talking back and forth with the boss that was 75 yards away...these guys were clucking and yelping like hens, but had some decent beards (8"+). Anyway, it's illegal here in CT...which is why I only thought about it [&:].

To me, nope, wouldn't/couldn't do it. If I need turkey that bad, even on my student's salary [:'(] I could easily shell out the $10 for a nice plump Butterball. The hunt is worth more, in my opinion way more, than shooting one off of the roost.

But if you hunt for the meat, don't have the cash and it's legal...no, I don't have a problem with it being done.

RE: Shooting turkeys on the roost
 

Both, Why would were you hunt make a difference?

RE: Shooting turkeys on the roost
 

Well kinda. I hunt public land and it sucks!!!! You wait all winter for spring to come and you get in the woods a month before the season and scout your butt off and opening day comes and your at your main spot 2 hours before sun rise and just when you think you have your spot all to your self some inconsiderate a!@ hole pulls up and parks in the pull off 50 yards from you[:@] Anyhow it's quite obvious this moron is after the same area that you plan on hunting. Anyhow to make a long storie short this a!@ walks right up on you and start to owl hoot 50 yards from you. That day I did not hear one gobble with in 1/4 mile!!!!

This is a every year night mare:(

The morel of my storie is. I want a wall full of beards and spurs like you private property guys but unfortunately that's never going to happen. I have to hunt my tail off just to have one chance at a turkey... Birds just don't come running in waving a flag saying shoot me shoot me;) So after you have a lot of your hard work getting flushed down the drain you just might reconsider you position on roost shooting. Were legal;)

And before all you private property guys start crying about how you property is private but you still have other people hunting it. That's not the property I'm talking about. You know who you are. You have one of those place that Will Primos or the Drury boys would hunt;)

RE: Shooting turkeys on the roost
 

I know guides that hunt public land. Some of the best places I hunt are public.

No I won't. It's not all bragging right for me.

RE: Shooting turkeys on the roost
 

Charlie P what state do you hunt were the public land is some of the best turkey hunting????