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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5322215" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Its not a dirty little secret... its flat out in the open down here in south MS...</p><p></p><p>Hunting over bait is one of the lowest of the lows when it comes to turkeys. Worse than shooting ducks sitting on a pond. Way worse than shooting doves on a wire.</p><p></p><p>I assumed my neighbors to the north are baiting as about half my toms left the week before juvenile season started. But to my surprise, none of the 3 we've taken had any grain in their crop (but one was killed early am and would not have had time to hit any bait if nearby.</p><p></p><p>I'm a middle class professional. The majority of my colleagues who turkey hunt here in MS do it over bait. These aren't typical backwoods rednecks. </p><p></p><p>And those I've talked to about the hunting stories from this past week have all asked if I 'corned them up'. It's just ingrained in the majority of 'hunters' down here.</p><p></p><p>But the good news is many of those folks just don't any better, and are willing to abandon that style of 'hunting' if someone shows them the pure style of turkey hunting. The friend I took Sunday morning had a blast hunting run n gun covering multiple spots by 10a. I think he's hooked on it, as he always thought turkey hunting was like deer hunting. Sit on a spot with a feeder, blow a call once in a while, then shoot the tom when he comes to the feeder. After a morning hunting the way we did, he's already asked if we can go again this weekend together.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5322215, member: 2805"] Its not a dirty little secret... its flat out in the open down here in south MS... Hunting over bait is one of the lowest of the lows when it comes to turkeys. Worse than shooting ducks sitting on a pond. Way worse than shooting doves on a wire. I assumed my neighbors to the north are baiting as about half my toms left the week before juvenile season started. But to my surprise, none of the 3 we've taken had any grain in their crop (but one was killed early am and would not have had time to hit any bait if nearby. I'm a middle class professional. The majority of my colleagues who turkey hunt here in MS do it over bait. These aren't typical backwoods rednecks. And those I've talked to about the hunting stories from this past week have all asked if I 'corned them up'. It's just ingrained in the majority of 'hunters' down here. But the good news is many of those folks just don't any better, and are willing to abandon that style of 'hunting' if someone shows them the pure style of turkey hunting. The friend I took Sunday morning had a blast hunting run n gun covering multiple spots by 10a. I think he's hooked on it, as he always thought turkey hunting was like deer hunting. Sit on a spot with a feeder, blow a call once in a while, then shoot the tom when he comes to the feeder. After a morning hunting the way we did, he's already asked if we can go again this weekend together. [/QUOTE]
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