Traditional Turkey Hunting Season

I want to start a petition around. It is going to be in favor of a resolution to the state legislature to incorporate a Traditional Methods Turkey Season into the Schedule.

Black Powder Shotguns of up to #4 Gauge will be allowed
Breech loading rifles will be allowed with straight-necked cases up to 50 cal.
Muzzleloading rifles of any caliber will be allowed.

Shot of any size, gravel, and roofing nails will also be allowed as ammunition in the muzzleloading weapons.

No camo will be allowed. Hunters must hunt in an old suit with the elbows mended.

Mouth calls cannot be used, excepting blades of grass held in cupped hands. Any manner of friction call can be used. The only exception is the use of old Victrola’s playing 78 rpm records.

Only live hen turkeys can be used as decoys. They can either be in cages or tethered to a stake in the ground.

Piles of corn will not only be allowed but mandated– got to keep this traditional. The state will conduct workshops on how to best shoot turkeys off the roost. Picking a time for the season to occur is going to be the hard part. You used to shoot turkeys all year round. I’m still trying to figure this out.

I figure that if they can have a traditional weapons season for deer, it ought to work for turkey too. We can start off with percussion cap sidelocks and in a few years have them gradually allow smokeless powder, telescopic sights, and bottle-necked rifle cartridges. The trick is we just have to keep wearing the old Sunday Go-t0-meeting suits with leather on the elbows so as to keep it “traditional.”

I got a hankering to hunt the way the old timers did. I can just see myself with my trusty 4 bore double-barrel lined up at the end of the corn filled trench, waiting for the flock to arrive. I can’t wait for the forums to fill up with discussions on:

1) Is Gabardeen or Corduroy the best fabric for your turkey suit
2) Do leather tethers hurt hen’s legs. Is gut/sinew better?
3) Using a prop for you punt gun.
4) Galvanized roofing nails — do coatings get you more distance?

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