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Wildlife Commissioner Cited for Hunting Turkeys Over Bait Says He Didn't Know the Crickets Were There
A Mississippi wildlife commissioner is being investigated over allegations that he illegally baited wild turkeys during a hunt last week.
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The more I think about this, the more I think you are right.Sounds like a political hit job.
The cricket call could be the new breakthrough for turkey googins lolCould you keep the crickets in the tube and let their sound draw the turkeys in ?
Several strange things about this story but I was amazed by the following comment:
"bought and released crickets onto the 500-acre plot they were hunting days before their arrival"
How many crickets would one need to purchase and release on a 500 acre plot to be considered baiting? Or how many crickets does it take on the ground for the Game Warden to walk around and look down and say...yep...your baiting with crickets.
What a strange story.
The cricket mafiaThat was exactly my thinking—and by what means are they transported and released in such a quantity?! This is borderline ridiculous that they are making this about "baiting" unless it was some large scale cricket operation to purposefully frame this guy.
I wonder if they would make it through the Memphis hub safelyAmazon sells 1000 for 30$ . Imagine the mail lady lol
My custom turkey call i waited a year on did NOT , so im sure crickets would do just fine.I wonder if they would make it through the Memphis hub safely