I didn't vote in the poll, because I guess I don't look at it as ethical, but more as fair chase. I personally would not shoot a turkey in a tree. I have had the opportunity once before and passed and it was after morning flydown and I was bowhunting deer in the fall, but had a fall turkey tag in my pocket. I have also seen ducks on the water and pheasants in trees and past of them as well when hunting. Now I would not have a problem with another hunter taking those shots if legal, but for me, I don't feel right about taking the shot. Maybe that is my ethics, but I never really considered it that way. It wouldn't offend me if someone else took that shot, so I wouldn't consider it against my ethics. My daughter and I talked about this while hunting. In fact she was in the stand with me the day I was deer hunting and a turkey was startled by something and flew up and landed in a tree about 20 yards from us. She asked me if I was going to shoot it and I said no. She asked why and all I could say is, it didn't seem fair to me. I said it is like playing tag and the tree is the turkey's free base. If they are there they are safe. May not make sense and you may not agree with it, but I wouldn't proudly tell the story of how I shot a turkey out of a tree and if I can't be proud of my kills, then I shouldn't make them. But I could be very happy for another hunter who took an animal legally and proudly told their story, regardless of how I would have handled their specific circumstance.
Topic: turkeys in the tree's, eithical or not??? (Read 670 times)
