Worst hunting product you've ever seen?

mark222 said:
I guess a 3/4 blind guy with open sights on a rifle that snuck into private property might mistake me for a bird, but I may also get struck by lightning, so there's that.

Based on your concerns, I hope you wear a vest with plates when you're calling. Being totally camo'd and making turkey noises (which I normally do as well) sounds pretty dangerous if there are poachers about.

FYI, you'll also produce a fist sized hole in a turkey with a shotgun from 10 feet away if you are silly enough to shoot one in the wrong place from that distance.
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And thats exactly it, being totally camo'd out and making turkey noises is already pretty dangerous with some of the yahoos that are out there - I know I've heard a few stories of people being shot by negligent turkey hunters who were shooting at sounds or the first glimpse of movement. Putting something that makes you look like a Tom right infront of your face seems downright stupid in light of that.
 
They musnt be a "ting" anymore as nobody has mentioned them yet but some years ago a company was marketing a goose decoy/blind that you crawled right inside...not something I would do under any circumstances. I've known too many people that would be more than tempted with a rifle to try a 40 lb. looking goose out some distance from a road.
 
Suther said:
....being totally camo'd out and making turkey noises is already pretty dangerous....
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No, it’s not.

Under the right circumstances, crouched in the middle of a field with a turkey fan is not likely much more dangerous than sitting in a fence-row with decoys in front of you...if some idiot poacher is going to take a shot with a rifle, whether you are sitting behind a couple of decoys or are crouched behind a fan on a stick, it’s not going to be good.
 
Runningfool said:
No, it’s not.

Under the right circumstances, crouched in the middle of a field with a turkey fan is not likely much more dangerous than sitting in a fence-row with decoys in front of you...if some idiot poacher is going to take a shot with a rifle, whether you are sitting behind a couple of decoys or are crouched behind a fan on a stick, it’s not going to be good.
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Its not idiot poachers with rifles I'd be worried about. It's idiot hunters with shotguns who shoot at the first site of a turkey that would worry me. If you're using a tom decoy that is an issue regardless of whether your in a field, along a fence row, or in the timber.
 
Not the worst but its up there.

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What a stupid idea! I like the text where it says; "makes your rifle effortless to carry - like a briefcase."

I carried a briefcase, once, didn't like it much and vowed to never do it again!
 
Suther said:
Its not idiot poachers with rifles I'd be worried about. It's idiot hunters with shotguns who shoot at the first site of a turkey that would worry me. If you're using a tom decoy that is an issue regardless of whether your in a field, along a fence row, or in the timber.
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No it's not. You're going to see the idiot coming toward you.
 
Suther said:
Its not idiot poachers with rifles I'd be worried about. It's idiot hunters with shotguns who shoot at the first site of a turkey that would worry me. If you're using a tom decoy that is an issue regardless of whether your in a field, along a fence row, or in the timber.
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Since you’ve never hunted turkeys, I guess you could be forgiven for thinking that.

Let me explain using two scenarios:

1) You are in the middle of a dirt field (or maybe the grass is a few inches high at most because it is spring obviously) and you’ve got a minimum of 80 yds unobstructed view in every direction. You’re on all fours and you deploy your fan in order to get a reluctant gobbler to come out and challenge you.

2) You are in the woods. You can’t see the gobbler but you can hear him and he seems reluctant to close the distance. So you get on all fours, deploy your fan, and start to move towards the sound of his gobbles.

With scenario 1 you’re very unlikely to get shot with a shotgun because even poachers know that 80yds is too far to kill a turkey with a 12ga. And if you did manage to get hit with a turkey load at 80yds it might be unpleasant but not lethal. Scenario 2 would be a good way to get killed should there happen to be another hunter between you and the gobbles. Hell it could even be another hunter gobbling and you’d be crawling right up on him.

I am in no way saying that crawling around with a turkey fan anywhere is a great way to hunt these birds. I just don’t like when people (fellow hunters or otherwise) pass judgement on things they don’t really understand. It’s the same feeling I get when I hear hunters from other provinces talk down about bear hunting over baits here in Ontario.
 
I use fans and tom decoys regularly... there are times where big gobblers will not come to hens or jakes, but an interloper gobbler will get him storming in... it is no more dangerous than many other hunting practices and a good bit LESS dangerous than using big game decoys... eg. antelope decoys which they also use in the open and creep up on the bucks while holding the deke in front of them... many times in open rifle seasons. I have been waterfowling for five decades and have had my decoys shot at several times over the years... I have called in bears and bull moose, and been charged by both, slapped a whitetail buck in the face and taking a tine through the hamstring (guess which way I was heading?), been bowled over by a black bear, chased up a tree by another bear and had my leather boot bitten clean through, shared a treestand with a 300 pound bear for a few brief and exciting moments, had a 350 pound boar stick its snout in my crotch while sitting on a log waiting for his grandpa... and countless other "dangerous" situations all in pursuit of my quarry. Next week I will be clinging to cliff faces and climbing into places no sane person should go, just to get a shot at a goat... if you hunt hard, and you hunt long, there will be elements of danger involved many times... and I haven't even gotten into the stuff mother nature throws at us, ie. nearly dying, clinging to a log the long night through, during a flash flood, starting with three canoes and ending with one on a wilderness river moose hunt (don't ask), tying ourselves to trees in a hurricane while the wind took our camp to Kansas or OZ or wherever it ended up. As with everything, assess the situation, be aware of your surroundings and exercise common sense... don't be foolish, but don't quit and don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
 
hoytcanon said:
I use fans and tom decoys regularly... there are times where big gobblers will not come to hens or jakes, but an interloper gobbler will get him storming in... it is no more dangerous than many other hunting practices and a good bit LESS dangerous than using big game decoys... eg. antelope decoys which they also use in the open and creep up on the bucks while holding the deke in front of them... many times in open rifle seasons. I have been waterfowling for five decades and have had my decoys shot at several times over the years... I have called in bears and bull moose, and been charged by both, slapped a whitetail buck in the face and taking a tine through the hamstring (guess which way I was heading?), been bowled over by a black bear, chased up a tree by another bear and had my leather boot bitten clean through, shared a treestand with a 300 pound bear for a few brief and exciting moments, had a 350 pound boar stick its snout in my crotch while sitting on a log waiting for his grandpa... and countless other "dangerous" situations all in pursuit of my quarry. Next week I will be clinging to cliff faces and climbing into places no sane person should go, just to get a shot at a goat... if you hunt hard, and you hunt long, there will be elements of danger involved many times... and I haven't even gotten into the stuff mother nature throws at us, ie. nearly dying, clinging to a log the long night through, during a flash flood, starting with three canoes and ending with one on a wilderness river moose hunt (don't ask), tying ourselves to trees in a hurricane while the wind took our camp to Kansas or OZ or wherever it ended up. As with everything, assess the situation, be aware of your surroundings and exercise common sense... don't be foolish, but don't quit and don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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Looking forward to your book.
 
I was hoping there was an arrrrrgo remeninse in his narratiff.

And WTF izz wrong with camo krawcks?
Kid bawt me a pair years ago and thar still going strong.
Add'im awn me pieds thru a hole gun show.
Cummfy chit, they arrrr.

Sure beets a man bunn oar perse……………..dontchah no.
 
hoytcanon said:
I use fans and tom decoys regularly... there are times where big gobblers will not come to hens or jakes, but an interloper gobbler will get him storming in... it is no more dangerous than many other hunting practices and a good bit LESS dangerous than using big game decoys... eg. antelope decoys which they also use in the open and creep up on the bucks while holding the deke in front of them... many times in open rifle seasons. I have been waterfowling for five decades and have had my decoys shot at several times over the years... I have called in bears and bull moose, and been charged by both, slapped a whitetail buck in the face and taking a tine through the hamstring (guess which way I was heading?), been bowled over by a black bear, chased up a tree by another bear and had my leather boot bitten clean through, shared a treestand with a 300 pound bear for a few brief and exciting moments, had a 350 pound boar stick its snout in my crotch while sitting on a log waiting for his grandpa... and countless other "dangerous" situations all in pursuit of my quarry. Next week I will be clinging to cliff faces and climbing into places no sane person should go, just to get a shot at a goat... if you hunt hard, and you hunt long, there will be elements of danger involved many times... and I haven't even gotten into the stuff mother nature throws at us, ie. nearly dying, clinging to a log the long night through, during a flash flood, starting with three canoes and ending with one on a wilderness river moose hunt (don't ask), tying ourselves to trees in a hurricane while the wind took our camp to Kansas or OZ or wherever it ended up. As with everything, assess the situation, be aware of your surroundings and exercise common sense... don't be foolish, but don't quit and don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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get a Go Pro, a Youtube account and become a millionaire!

im torn between begging to go with you on these adventures or staying as far away as possible so i don't die
 
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