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<blockquote data-quote="woodsman04" data-source="post: 4753899" data-attributes="member: 19488"><p>Let me re say something. I didn't mean to say trapping was necessarily overrated. It absolutely works. But it's best to do as late in the trapping season as you can, and also trap the areas that are the places you think they will nest. Raccoons also move and migrate, and lots of the times new ones move in to get the eggs after you have removed some. </p><p></p><p>I hate coyotes raccoons and possums. But it ain't their dang fault. I just don't get it when you talk to people in town and they like " it's all these dang yotes" or "I seen a bobcat cross the road, that's why the turkeys are gone"</p><p></p><p>We've had predators as long as we've had turkeys. The only difference I see now is the trapping and fur market is gone, coon hunting is withering away from lack of private land permission and/or big tracks of land to coon hunt on. </p><p></p><p>I think big row cropping is bad for turkeys and quail, and I think fescue hayfields are even worse. But there isn't a dang thing we can do about that.</p><p></p><p>It still ain't like it used to be. When I started hunting there was less birds than there are now, so I hope it don't go back down to that. </p><p></p><p>I sometimes just for fun, want to blame trophy hunting. People started wanting to grow big antlers. Attention to delicate game animals like turkeys, quail, and rabbits fell to the way side. Too much focus on deer and such. </p><p>Maybe CWD will get them all....[emoji846]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woodsman04, post: 4753899, member: 19488"] Let me re say something. I didn’t mean to say trapping was necessarily overrated. It absolutely works. But it’s best to do as late in the trapping season as you can, and also trap the areas that are the places you think they will nest. Raccoons also move and migrate, and lots of the times new ones move in to get the eggs after you have removed some. I hate coyotes raccoons and possums. But it ain’t their dang fault. I just don’t get it when you talk to people in town and they like “ it’s all these dang yotes” or “I seen a bobcat cross the road, that’s why the turkeys are gone” We’ve had predators as long as we’ve had turkeys. The only difference I see now is the trapping and fur market is gone, coon hunting is withering away from lack of private land permission and/or big tracks of land to coon hunt on. I think big row cropping is bad for turkeys and quail, and I think fescue hayfields are even worse. But there isn’t a dang thing we can do about that. It still ain’t like it used to be. When I started hunting there was less birds than there are now, so I hope it don’t go back down to that. I sometimes just for fun, want to blame trophy hunting. People started wanting to grow big antlers. Attention to delicate game animals like turkeys, quail, and rabbits fell to the way side. Too much focus on deer and such. Maybe CWD will get them all....[emoji846] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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