Blindstitch
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My opinion is that what he was doing is ok from what you said.
With turkey here in Wisconsin you don't need to wear any orange clothing that would make you visible. And I assume that's probably like most of the U.S. so you were probably covered head to toe in camo and virtually invisible at 175 yards. I'm not even sure if I could identify a decoy over an actual turkey at that yardage. I can't say why he wasn't calling or maybe he was but I wasn't there.
I can tell you that a lot of the turkey hunting videos I have watched lately say if you can hear a bird and it's not coming in to reposition and try to cut it off.
If this was deer hunting and everyone had to wear orange my opinion would be different but public land can be a pain that way.
With turkey here in Wisconsin you don't need to wear any orange clothing that would make you visible. And I assume that's probably like most of the U.S. so you were probably covered head to toe in camo and virtually invisible at 175 yards. I'm not even sure if I could identify a decoy over an actual turkey at that yardage. I can't say why he wasn't calling or maybe he was but I wasn't there.
I can tell you that a lot of the turkey hunting videos I have watched lately say if you can hear a bird and it's not coming in to reposition and try to cut it off.
If this was deer hunting and everyone had to wear orange my opinion would be different but public land can be a pain that way.