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<blockquote data-quote="Displaced_Vol" data-source="post: 4841176" data-attributes="member: 20484"><p><strong>Re: TWRA study update</strong></p><p></p><p>Just listened to the podcast on the way home from work yesterday. </p><p></p><p>I am curious about some of the negative takes on it? I thought it was interesting and a bit encouraging. Nothing too ground breaking for a 20 minute podcast.</p><p></p><p>I will say I have very, very little experience turkey hunting in TN. Tagged along with my uncle on a few hunts in east TN. I am looking forward to hunting in TN myself this season though.</p><p>Again, this is a genuine curiosity from me towards you all that know what's going on. I felt that over 1 million dollars, and 6 years to do a comprehensive study in such a targeted area of 5 counties is about all you could ask. It seemed to me they had an interest in actually finding out what is the problem. Perhaps it is several years too late or you all may know better than I that TWRA already has their mind made up? Again, it didn't quite come across that way to me. We have seen our kill numbers drop off a bit here in KY the last few years and we have been told that it was a leveling off of the population as things settle into what the landscape can carry. There are small pockets where I hear bird numbers dropping but on the whole I haven't noticed enough where I hunt to think it is anything other than a plateau that happens when species are introduced. </p><p></p><p>I am hopeful they get some good data on these turkeys in general that can be shared with other states. Waterfowl researchers are making use of newer telemetry studies now and I think on the whole these studies can provide some valuable insights to game managers in our parts of the world. </p><p></p><p>Interested to hear more about what you all think is going on-</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Displaced_Vol, post: 4841176, member: 20484"] [b]Re: TWRA study update[/b] Just listened to the podcast on the way home from work yesterday. I am curious about some of the negative takes on it? I thought it was interesting and a bit encouraging. Nothing too ground breaking for a 20 minute podcast. I will say I have very, very little experience turkey hunting in TN. Tagged along with my uncle on a few hunts in east TN. I am looking forward to hunting in TN myself this season though. Again, this is a genuine curiosity from me towards you all that know what's going on. I felt that over 1 million dollars, and 6 years to do a comprehensive study in such a targeted area of 5 counties is about all you could ask. It seemed to me they had an interest in actually finding out what is the problem. Perhaps it is several years too late or you all may know better than I that TWRA already has their mind made up? Again, it didn't quite come across that way to me. We have seen our kill numbers drop off a bit here in KY the last few years and we have been told that it was a leveling off of the population as things settle into what the landscape can carry. There are small pockets where I hear bird numbers dropping but on the whole I haven't noticed enough where I hunt to think it is anything other than a plateau that happens when species are introduced. I am hopeful they get some good data on these turkeys in general that can be shared with other states. Waterfowl researchers are making use of newer telemetry studies now and I think on the whole these studies can provide some valuable insights to game managers in our parts of the world. Interested to hear more about what you all think is going on- [/QUOTE]
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