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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4893482" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I'll put it this way:</p><p></p><p>The last time I personally saw so few longbeards in early May of any year</p><p>was before we had a county-wide turkey season in Stewart Co.</p><p></p><p>I can mainly only speak for Stewart County.</p><p></p><p>That said, the turkey population "exists" widespread,</p><p>but is mostly comprised of young birds,</p><p>with almost no males over 1 year of age still living.</p><p></p><p>The only saving grace (until next year) is there was apparently a decent hatch & poult survival in 2019, as evidenced by decent numbers of jakes & jennys.</p><p></p><p>But that was just "luck".</p><p>TWRA's turkey management should not rely on just dumb luck.</p><p></p><p>The main reason we're not hearing much gobbling is because there are so few few males over a year old.</p><p>The main reason for that is too many males have been killed over the past 3 years, </p><p>but most particularly just since early April of this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4893482, member: 1409"] I'll put it this way: The last time I personally saw so few longbeards in early May of any year was before we had a county-wide turkey season in Stewart Co. I can mainly only speak for Stewart County. That said, the turkey population "exists" widespread, but is mostly comprised of young birds, with almost no males over 1 year of age still living. The only saving grace (until next year) is there was apparently a decent hatch & poult survival in 2019, as evidenced by decent numbers of jakes & jennys. But that was just "luck". TWRA's turkey management should not rely on just dumb luck. The main reason we're not hearing much gobbling is because there are so few few males over a year old. The main reason for that is too many males have been killed over the past 3 years, but most particularly just since early April of this year. [/QUOTE]
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