TN Non-Resident Turkey License Sales: Doubled for 2021 Season!
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Very eye opening, thanks for sharing!
Wow!
Buzzard Breath
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They must have offered a discount on non-resident licenses to Missouri residents. It sure seems like I see more and more Missouri tags on a certain WMA in middle TN every year.
Thanks YouTube!
MickThompson
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Yep. Hot spotting is cool now
Wrangler95
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Yep!!
AT Hiker
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So now that the You Tubers have accomplished their goal of recruiting "more" hunters, what's the next phase?
Quite literally every state I hunt, for various game, has seen a record increase of hunters this year. Can we at least agree that we don't need anymore hunters now?
Quite literally every state I hunt, for various game, has seen a record increase of hunters this year. Can we at least agree that we don't need anymore hunters now?
Absolutely. Just try to lease some land to hunt within a 90 minute drive of Memphis. You better be damn lucky or ready to pay big money. And if it has a large population of turkeys you can forget it. If you do get lucky and find a reasonably priced place someone will find out and lease it out from under you. Meanwhile public land is more crowded than ever. We don't need more hunters. Or fishermen for that matter.
megalomaniac
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Eye opening to see a doubling, but honestly I figured there would have been even more.
There just aren't enough turkeys nationwide for the current trend to continue.
There just aren't enough turkeys nationwide for the current trend to continue.
Agreed Mega! The amount of non resident turkey hunters on public land in middle Tn was insane this season.
woodsman04
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Selfishly, I wish everyone would quit hunting and fishing but me. But I understand that is stupid and not the right way to be. So I am good with that.
I used to think we needed more hunters. I do not think that now, especially with turkeys.
But being an American, I cannot deny or what not any ones willingness or desire to hunt.
I'd be good with hunting over crowded and sharing woods if everyone was like me. But most of these new recruits are not the type of folks I want to share the woods with
I used to think we needed more hunters. I do not think that now, especially with turkeys.
But being an American, I cannot deny or what not any ones willingness or desire to hunt.
I'd be good with hunting over crowded and sharing woods if everyone was like me. But most of these new recruits are not the type of folks I want to share the woods with
I foresee more draw type situations for public land coming everyone's way. I know GA shut down general season on a WMA I enjoy and went to a draw only for next season.
^^^ Agree. It's a great way to regulate overtake of the resource. I love the outdoors and hunting as much as anyone, but WE have to put the resource first, especially when talking sustainability of the resource over the next half century.
AT Hiker
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It's not stupid nor is it selfish…well unless you literally mean you as the only hunter. That would be epic but kinda boring too and expensive.
What we need is 100% support of hunting. That would be utopia.
Just received the annual license sales for non-residents during the months of March-May.
Comparisons are shown below.
Highlights:
45% in total non-resident license sales compared to 2017-2019 average
2020 did have an effect on non-residents traveling
2017-2019 was extremely stable
Comparisons are shown below.
Highlights:
45% in total non-resident license sales compared to 2017-2019 average
2020 did have an effect on non-residents traveling
2017-2019 was extremely stable
7 day during the spring turkey season is eye opening, doubling from 2020 to 2021. I realize 2020 was down A LITTLE, but nothing drastic. Thanks for sharing.
If you dont own the land you hunt, you are day to day.
Owning land gives one control over one piece of the puzzle: access and other hunters (excluding trespassers). It does not guarantee the game will be there next year, which I have experienced firsthand. Have the land, have the habitat, just do not have the turkeys to hunt/kill.
TheLBLman
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And, that "piece of the puzzle" can be a really small piece.
Most of us, at best, will never own more than a couple hundred acres,
even via neglecting other priorities in life?
Individual deer & turkey range over thousands of acres,
meaning what's happening on multiple neighboring properties can have more effect than anything one does or doesn't on his own property. This is much of what's behind wildlife being considered a "public" resource even on one's own private property.
There are many reasons those who own substantial acreage do much of their hunting on "public" land, as we seek the totality of the hunting experience(s) more than the brand of the weapon, etc.
