What should the future of wild turkey hunting in Ontario look like?

[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

You guys will be safe with me in your area. I will be using my x-bow & need to get my bird inside of 15 yards for a Magnus bull-head shot... LOL

If they did legalize the .22 I could care less I would still use by x-bow...

[Matt86]

They also taught you to place the decoy so that anyone coming from a distance cannot sneak up on you and put you in your hide in a dangerous situation, I guess you missed that part, that is why the course I took back 15 years ago talked of not calling like a male bird and only using hen decoys.

if gobbling like a tom or a strutter deke isn't in your arsenal when hunting you are missing out on a fast way to get a tom to cover distance and have a quick and easy hunt
they also taught you not to shoot the red cloth when the guys wipes his nose, hope u didn't need a course to learn that,
2 native buddies that are aloud to hunt before season have had guys sneak up and shoot at there dekes twice, don't need road hunters from a hundred yards rippin hollow points,

[MikePal]

If they did legalize the .22 I could care less I would still use by x-bow...

I think the issue is, would you be comfortable out hunting with your bow, knowing there are others out there hunting with .22's.

[werner.reiche]

werner.reiche, I think most of your posts are blowing what could be a small issue out of proportion. I would hunt them exactly the same and at the same range. Just with a well placed head shot.

You would, sure. But if it was legalised, what about guys with a scoped .22 shooting 100+ yards?
We have a whole whack of laws related to hunter safety, this is just one of them.
The MNR has to make laws for all hunters, not just the safe ones.

[bardern]

eight pages is a bit too long for me to go through sorry if these points are beat to death.

For all that is holy the reporting system!
1. reporting should be jake/tom/hen
2. WMU taken in
3. date
get rid the beard, spur, weight

I cant be convinced that when a new hunter takes the course having to take a another turkey course is not an out and out money grab. make the turkey course a subsection of the course.