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<blockquote data-quote="deerfever" data-source="post: 4842483" data-attributes="member: 13434"><p><strong>Re: TWRA study update</strong></p><p></p><p>I am anxious to see the end result of the study. I do believe in some parts of the state the turkey population has declined but in other parts as cowhunter 71 pointed out that the population is thriving. Why? I do not know but last year as I called because the toolbox was acting up to get the latest kill numbers a biologist gets on the phone with me and explains the population explosion of turkey when being introduced and then the leveling off effect after a certain amount of time. That would seem to cover some of the issue in some areas but not perhaps all of it. Let's just look at TN. I do believe the 2018 season was one of the few in modern history that the kill fell below 30,000. People were in a panic pointing to a later start date , 2 bird limit, no hunting of the evening, two week season .Several people pointed to Missouri as the king of the proper way to manage turkey as lots of these items listed are part of the standard season for them. So I started looking at the numbers in 2004 Missouri had a kill total of 60,744 birds! I thought man this is the ticket! 2016 48,374, 2018 35,784. What? Missouri resource scientist Jason Isabelle " population explode but then start to decline once they hit environmental resistance until they reach numbers that are more sustainable for the long run". " We went through a similar situation in the late 2000 s , but we came out of that and I expect we will come out of this too as long as we get some good hatches". This article is from Game and Fish magazine and you can Google and read and see the numbers if you like. Missouri Turkey hunting outlook 2019 is the title. My point is what is the answer? Just think if our kill went to basically half like Missouri has had. They are doing all the above and certainly have a great reputation. TN it seems to me has remained pretty stable over the last several years. Mega is right poult production is key no matter what state you live in and so many things will have an effect on that. I hope TN has another productive season and things continue to move like the 2019 season in an upward trend .This topic will be debated on here as it always is because so many are truly concerned about the turkey hunting in this state. There are a ton of knowledgeable people in here to learn from ! Again I hope we have a great season and I will just wait for the end result of the survey to see what direction they move in. Turkey hunting is not just hobby for me it is an April to mid May obsession, so I hope all goes well and we work together to make sure it's a resource to enjoy years from now!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deerfever, post: 4842483, member: 13434"] [b]Re: TWRA study update[/b] I am anxious to see the end result of the study. I do believe in some parts of the state the turkey population has declined but in other parts as cowhunter 71 pointed out that the population is thriving. Why? I do not know but last year as I called because the toolbox was acting up to get the latest kill numbers a biologist gets on the phone with me and explains the population explosion of turkey when being introduced and then the leveling off effect after a certain amount of time. That would seem to cover some of the issue in some areas but not perhaps all of it. Let's just look at TN. I do believe the 2018 season was one of the few in modern history that the kill fell below 30,000. People were in a panic pointing to a later start date , 2 bird limit, no hunting of the evening, two week season .Several people pointed to Missouri as the king of the proper way to manage turkey as lots of these items listed are part of the standard season for them. So I started looking at the numbers in 2004 Missouri had a kill total of 60,744 birds! I thought man this is the ticket! 2016 48,374, 2018 35,784. What? Missouri resource scientist Jason Isabelle " population explode but then start to decline once they hit environmental resistance until they reach numbers that are more sustainable for the long run". " We went through a similar situation in the late 2000 s , but we came out of that and I expect we will come out of this too as long as we get some good hatches". This article is from Game and Fish magazine and you can Google and read and see the numbers if you like. Missouri Turkey hunting outlook 2019 is the title. My point is what is the answer? Just think if our kill went to basically half like Missouri has had. They are doing all the above and certainly have a great reputation. TN it seems to me has remained pretty stable over the last several years. Mega is right poult production is key no matter what state you live in and so many things will have an effect on that. I hope TN has another productive season and things continue to move like the 2019 season in an upward trend .This topic will be debated on here as it always is because so many are truly concerned about the turkey hunting in this state. There are a ton of knowledgeable people in here to learn from ! Again I hope we have a great season and I will just wait for the end result of the survey to see what direction they move in. Turkey hunting is not just hobby for me it is an April to mid May obsession, so I hope all goes well and we work together to make sure it's a resource to enjoy years from now! [/QUOTE]
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