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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4897788" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I do know that most of the avid, accomplished TN turkey hunters (many of whom are non-residents)</p><p>who kill 2 to 4 birds annually in TN,</p><p>do so during the 1st 9 days of TN's early season opening.</p><p></p><p>Those limiting out early do so for 4 primary reasons:</p><p></p><p>1) The most avid turkey hunters use their vacation days to continuously hunt days on end.</p><p>- - - - - - - Would happen to <u>at least</u> a slightly lesser extent if our season didn't open so early.</p><p></p><p>2) There are simply a lot more living turkeys during the first 9 days (before most have been slaughtered).</p><p>- - - - - - - 9 days is simply the 1st two weekends including the week days between.</p><p>- - - - - - - Many avid hunters are only burning 5 days of vacation to hunt the 1st 9 days.</p><p></p><p>3) Baiting is much more effective early season, before more spring green-up and warmer temps bring out the bugs.</p><p>- - - - - - - We would lose significantly less birds to poaching over bait if our season didn't open so early.</p><p></p><p>4) Many non-resident hunters would not limit out in TN if our season opened as little as a week later,</p><p>such as the 2nd Saturday of April, instead of the Saturday closest to April 1st (which is often in March).</p><p></p><p>This is because many non-residents are only hunting TN because our season opens earlier than theirs, and/or earlier than some other states they go hunt.</p><p>Some of these individual hunters start annually by limiting out in Florida (earliest season opening), then move on to hunt a week in some other Deep South State, then come hunt TN for a week or two, then move on to other states, most of which open at least a week or two later than TN.</p><p></p><p><u>No matter when our season opens</u>, the above items #1 & #2 will still apply, <u>hunting will still be good</u>.</p><p>But by opening later, we get better nesting success, improving the quality of ongoing future hunting,</p><p>as well as reducing harvest losses from items #3 & #4.</p><p></p><p>P.S. Am not at all opposed to non-resident hunting.</p><p>Just opposed to TWRA exploiting this opportunity for non-residents</p><p>at the expense to both the TN residents and the ongoing turkey production.</p><p>The early season, limits too high, maybe open too many days, is doing great harm to this "resource" of ongoing turkey hunting.</p><p>By comparison, our TN turkey season is opening 2 weeks earlier than KY's, lasts 3x as many days, with 2x the kill limit.</p><p></p><p>Again, note the percentage of TN's annual turkey kill that occurs during the 1st 9 days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4897788, member: 1409"] I do know that most of the avid, accomplished TN turkey hunters (many of whom are non-residents) who kill 2 to 4 birds annually in TN, do so during the 1st 9 days of TN's early season opening. Those limiting out early do so for 4 primary reasons: 1) The most avid turkey hunters use their vacation days to continuously hunt days on end. - - - - - - - Would happen to [u]at least[/u] a slightly lesser extent if our season didn't open so early. 2) There are simply a lot more living turkeys during the first 9 days (before most have been slaughtered). - - - - - - - 9 days is simply the 1st two weekends including the week days between. - - - - - - - Many avid hunters are only burning 5 days of vacation to hunt the 1st 9 days. 3) Baiting is much more effective early season, before more spring green-up and warmer temps bring out the bugs. - - - - - - - We would lose significantly less birds to poaching over bait if our season didn't open so early. 4) Many non-resident hunters would not limit out in TN if our season opened as little as a week later, such as the 2nd Saturday of April, instead of the Saturday closest to April 1st (which is often in March). This is because many non-residents are only hunting TN because our season opens earlier than theirs, and/or earlier than some other states they go hunt. Some of these individual hunters start annually by limiting out in Florida (earliest season opening), then move on to hunt a week in some other Deep South State, then come hunt TN for a week or two, then move on to other states, most of which open at least a week or two later than TN. [u]No matter when our season opens[/u], the above items #1 & #2 will still apply, [u]hunting will still be good[/u]. But by opening later, we get better nesting success, improving the quality of ongoing future hunting, as well as reducing harvest losses from items #3 & #4. P.S. Am not at all opposed to non-resident hunting. Just opposed to TWRA exploiting this opportunity for non-residents at the expense to both the TN residents and the ongoing turkey production. The early season, limits too high, maybe open too many days, is doing great harm to this "resource" of ongoing turkey hunting. By comparison, our TN turkey season is opening 2 weeks earlier than KY's, lasts 3x as many days, with 2x the kill limit. Again, note the percentage of TN's annual turkey kill that occurs during the 1st 9 days. [/QUOTE]
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