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I just filled mine out.

I screenshot all the questions.
Did you hunt?
How many bearded hens, jakes, or toms did you kill?
Did you take a youth?
How many days on private and public did you hunt?
What counties did you hunt?
How satisfied were you with the opening date?
Did you wound or miss cleanly any turkeys?
How far are you comfortable shooting a turkey?
Do you use tss?
What gauge do you normally use?
Do you pattern before the season?
Do you use hen , Jake, or gobbler decoys?
Do you fan or reap?
Has your turkey population increased, decreased, or stayed the same?
 
I didn't get the survey. However I find it interesting there is a lot of opposition to decoys and reaping, which are both tactics to bring birds closer. But there is very little opposition to TSS and super-tight after-market chokes, which are designed to kill birds at longer distance.

Full disclosure, I don't reap and rarely use decoys. I shoot Longbeard XR or Hevi-Blend Tungsten. And my choke is a factory Turkey Super Full.
 
Joe2Kool said:
I didn't get the survey. However I find it interesting there is a lot of opposition to decoys and reaping, which are both tactics to bring birds closer. But there is very little opposition to TSS and super-tight after-market chokes, which are designed to kill birds at longer distance.

Full disclosure, I don't reap and rarely use decoys. I shoot Longbeard XR or Hevi-Blend Tungsten. And my choke is a factory Turkey Super Full.
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I shhot tss and a 555 choke so i can shoot heads out to 40 without getting a shot in the breast, beyond 40 doesnt intrest me. My opposition to decoys and reaping is killing dominant burds to early and making it to easy for googans to kill birds who refuse to learn how to hunt
 
That's kinda a broad stroke . We as turkey hunters should be careful. Fooling one w a call is one tactic. Same a fooling one with a fan reaping.

Just because one is the way you think it should be doesn't mean another way is right or wrong. Becareful

And for the record I have NEVER reaped a turkey or tried. It's not how I hunt but doesn't mean my way is right or wrong. And I don't sneak birds. Furthermore I don't even shoot them if they come in silent . Again doesn't mean I'm a better hunter or right or wrong . It's what makes Kevin happy

Asking for more rules is a double edged sword. As is calling out folks who don't hunt the way you do.
 
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