I'm a hunter safety instructor and besides tree stand falls, turkey hunting always has some kind of accident unfortunately every year. Statistically, turkey hunting is one of the more dangerous forms of hunting; although I preface that by also stating that hunting overall is one of the safest pursuits there is!!! You're at more of a risk driving to and from your hunting destination than you are when actually hunting. So with all of that said, we have always strongly encouraged students to sit and call Turkey's, not pursue them. Because reaping involves pursuit of a turkey calls and or turkeys, there is an inherent increase risk of danger. My recommendations are that you NEVER do it on public land whatsoever. I also recommend that you wear blaze orange when moving on public land during hunting season, than putting your full camo back on once you are set up to call. As far as reaping on private land where there is no risk of potentially unsafe encroachment by others, my advice is to do what brings you enjoyment in the field in a legal and more so an ethical way. If reaping to you is unfair advantage, don't do it. I was a run and gunner for years and it awesome to fire one up and bring it in. However, it is also just as awesome to set up a blind and call blind all day in known turkey country waiting for some action and an ethical bow harvest. As far as judgement on male turkey decoys, I've hunted enough over decoys to know, they do not provide an unfair advantage. There have been plenty of times turkeys will go right past decoys, other times they can't escape them. I've hunted turkeys long enough to know that decoys do not provide any added advantage in my opinion over general calling, leaf scratching or any other technique. So we also recommend not to sound like a Gobbler during the spring so you don't get shot, do any of you use a Gobble while hunting? How about coarse jake or gobbler yelps later in the spring as the males are starting to re-group. Some of these suggestions are more for safety than because there is some kind of undecided advantage over another. What about the guys using .410's with TSS loads and routinely and ethically harvesting toms out tp 50-60 yards? Is that unfair advantage? Personally, I put my decoys at 8 yards from my blind so I can pin their head with a broadhead because I like to see and listen to them come in. But they oftentimes don't come in at all one day and may not the whole season. That was my season last year!! First time I hadn't shot a turkey in years but I had some of the best hunting ever in terms of pure, in the midst of it birds all around me. my buck three80's worth.