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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4900611" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p><strong>What would I have done if I had been in their shoes?</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #FF0000">Simply have left the existing regulations in place on those 6 counties.</span></strong></p><p>As to the other TN counties, made the limit 2 birds,</p><p>and changed the season opening ongoing to the 2nd Saturday of April.</p><p></p><p>At this time, I wouldn't worry about jakes, decoys, or bearded hens,</p><p>as the later season opening would mitigate much of those concerns.</p><p></p><p>As to that 6-county study, there would have been very little impact to its "integrity"</p><p>if real change were instituted in the others of our 95 counties.</p><p><u>To address those concerns</u>, <u>another option would be to keep those counties bordering those 6 unchanged</u>.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind, TWRA/Commissions negated some of their own "integrity" arguments about this study</p><p>when they did not exclude those 6 counties from the limit changing from 4 to 3 statewide.</p><p></p><p>And, no, there would not be a mass influx of hunters into those 6 counties to turkey hunt</p><p>had the season opened earlier there, and the limit remained 4 there.</p><p>Most of the land is private, </p><p>and most willing to travel would find a better opportunity just going to a more Southern state such as Alabama or Mississippi.</p><p>Whatever it's effect, compare it to the 3-bird limit's effect on that same study</p><p>which has been under a 4-bird limit since it began.</p><p></p><p>Some would argue that purposefully causing an increase in turkey hunting in that 6-county area might actually add more validity to this study.</p><p>But again, it was an option to just keep the "old" turkey regs, not only on those 6 counties, but those counties bordering the 6. <em>THAT</em> would have allowed for more meaningful change in the majority of our 95 counties.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4900611, member: 1409"] [b]What would I have done if I had been in their shoes?[/b] [b][color=#FF0000]Simply have left the existing regulations in place on those 6 counties.[/color][/b] As to the other TN counties, made the limit 2 birds, and changed the season opening ongoing to the 2nd Saturday of April. At this time, I wouldn't worry about jakes, decoys, or bearded hens, as the later season opening would mitigate much of those concerns. As to that 6-county study, there would have been very little impact to its "integrity" if real change were instituted in the others of our 95 counties. [u]To address those concerns[/u], [u]another option would be to keep those counties bordering those 6 unchanged[/u]. Keep in mind, TWRA/Commissions negated some of their own "integrity" arguments about this study when they did not exclude those 6 counties from the limit changing from 4 to 3 statewide. And, no, there would not be a mass influx of hunters into those 6 counties to turkey hunt had the season opened earlier there, and the limit remained 4 there. Most of the land is private, and most willing to travel would find a better opportunity just going to a more Southern state such as Alabama or Mississippi. Whatever it's effect, compare it to the 3-bird limit's effect on that same study which has been under a 4-bird limit since it began. Some would argue that purposefully causing an increase in turkey hunting in that 6-county area might actually add more validity to this study. But again, it was an option to just keep the "old" turkey regs, not only on those 6 counties, but those counties bordering the 6. [i]THAT[/i] would have allowed for more meaningful change in the majority of our 95 counties. [/QUOTE]
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