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<blockquote data-quote="th88" data-source="post: 4897608" data-attributes="member: 16217"><p>One thing I often don't see mentioned in discussions regarding reducing limits....</p><p></p><p>Once a hunter is finished his limit, most will be out of the woods. The traveling hunter will start hunting another state. This lack of disturbance counts for something and frees up the resource for others to enjoy and have a chance at. Yeah, some hunters will continue to take others. But for most of the true turkey killers, their kill % is higher when hunting solo. </p><p></p><p>I'll use myself as an example. Once I kill my 3 in MS the first week or two, I start hunting Alabama. I'll hunt the heck out of pub land in Bama. I'll kill several turkey. I'll pressure the heck out of those closest to where I live. If I don't pressure em, someone else will, so I'm gonna my non-resident $$ worth. I'm all for Bama reducing its 5 bird limit. I start feeling a bit bad after I've killed 3. But I'm not stopping. Cut my limit at 3 at the other folks hunting the spots will have a lot better chance at killing a bird! But its not just about giving others a better chance. Me not showing up 5 mornings a week cuts out pressure which I do believe is beneficial to the turkey. Gives them more of a chance to act 'normal'.</p><p></p><p>I'll never kill my 4 in TN as I don't hunt it enough. But I'm gonna kill a couple. This year #2 was a jake. Had there been a 2-bird limit in place, I would have made dang sure it was a longbeard before I pulled the trigger. After that jake, I got ~5 more full days of hunting in. And I cover a ton of ground in the day. No telling how many birds I bump running and gunning. Disturbance, disturbance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="th88, post: 4897608, member: 16217"] One thing I often don't see mentioned in discussions regarding reducing limits.... Once a hunter is finished his limit, most will be out of the woods. The traveling hunter will start hunting another state. This lack of disturbance counts for something and frees up the resource for others to enjoy and have a chance at. Yeah, some hunters will continue to take others. But for most of the true turkey killers, their kill % is higher when hunting solo. I'll use myself as an example. Once I kill my 3 in MS the first week or two, I start hunting Alabama. I'll hunt the heck out of pub land in Bama. I'll kill several turkey. I'll pressure the heck out of those closest to where I live. If I don't pressure em, someone else will, so I'm gonna my non-resident $$ worth. I'm all for Bama reducing its 5 bird limit. I start feeling a bit bad after I've killed 3. But I'm not stopping. Cut my limit at 3 at the other folks hunting the spots will have a lot better chance at killing a bird! But its not just about giving others a better chance. Me not showing up 5 mornings a week cuts out pressure which I do believe is beneficial to the turkey. Gives them more of a chance to act 'normal'. I'll never kill my 4 in TN as I don't hunt it enough. But I'm gonna kill a couple. This year #2 was a jake. Had there been a 2-bird limit in place, I would have made dang sure it was a longbeard before I pulled the trigger. After that jake, I got ~5 more full days of hunting in. And I cover a ton of ground in the day. No telling how many birds I bump running and gunning. Disturbance, disturbance. [/QUOTE]
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