Recent content by Southern Sportsman

Glad they gobbled for you. Weather seemed good here, but this was my first morning to hunt with hearing a peep. Beautiful morning to be in a river bottom cypress stand though. At least it was once the thermacell warmed up.

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I absolutely think there is “something else” at play, and likely multiple “somethings.” But I just can’t agree with your assessment that mesopredator populations are the sane now as they were during reintroduction. Every piece of research and data I have ever seen indicates that raccoon...

Congrats! It’s an incredible feeling.

Depends on the hen and a bunch of other factors. I listened to a podcast yesterday with Michael Chamberlain. He talked a lot bout the individuality of turkeys. We want to lump them into broad categories when discussing how turkeys behave, but each turkey is different. Some take more risks, some...

Haha. No need to apologize. I’ll take all the help I can get. And if conibears aren’t legal for dry land sets in the open, the size distinction doesn’t matter much anyway. I love running these DPs. I was mainly looking into conibears because I wouldn’t have to check them quite as often. There...

I don't think a turkey could live long with one leg. He couldn't walk, run, or fly. Pretty sure he just has his right leg pulled up. Either stretching, landing left foot first, or taking off with the left leg still down. I think you can even see a toe from his right foot sticking out from the body.

I’m definitely going to keep the DPs in action, but thought about adding some 160 or 220 conibears for skunks, possums, etc. Not immediately. But I know myself. As much as I enjoyed catching my first two coons this week, this probably isn’t something I’m going to quit doing. Just trying to...

Seems odd that snares are allowed but conibears are restricted.

There are a LOT more now than there used to be.

I haven't been in any East TN counties lately. I'm referencing the most recent Wild Turkey Status Report that Roger Shields office publishes. See this thread: https://www.tndeer.com/threads/2023-wild-turkey-status-report.451669/ They use poult survey data provided by in-field TWRA personnel and...

I am completely new to trapping, so I’m still learning my way around some of the terminology. My question: Are conibear traps legal for coons and such? In other words, are conibears “steel square instant kill traps,” which are legal with an exterior jaw of 16”, or is that something else? I...

First time running traps. I set 4 yesterday evening. Had a half dozen to put out but ran out of light. 2 coons on my first attempt. The last thing I need is another addictive hobby, but I've already started now.