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NYS and when I hunted in Pa on public land I had a riot.I was hunting a place in Pa during the week there might be five other cars on 12,000 acres.

I know a guy that guides in SC when he comes up he hunts public land.

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I hunt Western Md. Which borders Pa, WV. So I have to deal with a lot of Pa pressure!!!! Maybe I need to buy me a out of state license and jump ship>>>

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Why should that make a difference? I hunt private and public and WOULD NEVER SHOOT A TURKEY OFF THE ROOST. I uderstand there are morons out there that do it but it doesn't mean it's right. When I hear about it happening all it means to me is that they don't know how to turkey hunt.

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Mr. Longbeard you ever decide to give NYS a try drop me an e-mail.

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Thanks for the invite Charlie P:D

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Why would you want to? All the fun is trying to outsmart them before they see you. I would find it boring to do so.

RE: Shooting turkeys on the roost
 

I've hunted both, and still do,and still would NEVER change my position on this subject!I've already stated to me its a safety issue and I wont let things like peer pressure,competitions,and just plain iggnorance change my better judgement just to kill a turkey!!!!!!!

RE: Shooting turkeys on the roost
 

I can't believe that there are folks who would actually shoot one on the roost. That's something that all even half-way serious and responsible turkey hunters should strongly discourage.

I can imagine a young kid who hasn't been taught how to turkey hunt doing it, but not an adult.

Hal

RE: Shooting turkeys on the roost
 

Well this is a sore spot for me, and here it is :

1/ It is the Most uneithical thing that a person could do.

2/ It is not hard to do what so ever.

3/ If it is done , the person is not a hunter but mearly a Killer and does not fit into the turkey hunting sport bracket.

4/ All DNR's and MNR's that approve of this type action , does not care about the sport of ethical hunting and must approve of the action for different terms other then the sport (Tags=Revenue).

5/ If you have as a person getting into the sport , I sure hope that you have decided after you did it the first time to resault into a better ethical way and learned from passed exsperence , that Calling a bird into range is a far more better exsperence , then this sort of action.

These type hunters take away a part of the sport for the true Turkey hunting sportsmen, as I hear the same every year in this country I live. This is one of the Lowest grade eithics I have heard of from being a part from Pouching. I have and would suggest to all to presure your DNR /MNR to have this sort of Regulation changed in your State.

No one will hunt with me and take on this sort of action as a resault of killing a bird in my area or anywhere else I hunt or guide...BT

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Adrian Couldn't agree more. Believe me if Mr. Longbread ever came to NY it wouldn't be to shoot one on the roost.