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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5057504" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I believe going from a 4 to a 3-bird limit will make a larger difference than most of you seem to be thinking. Huge difference? No.</p><p>But it is a good step in the right direction.</p><p></p><p>Popcorn is right.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, many the best ideas become impractical (statewide) due to a lack of manpower and funding.</p><p></p><p><strong>So what is practical & easily done?</strong></p><p></p><p>Biggest single thing now would be to open our season at least 1 week later.</p><p>This is from a regulatory & "statewide" perspective.</p><p></p><p>More localized & individually, we as hunter/managers/conservationists can work more on improving habitat, reducing predation, and just generally being ethical hunters, i.e. <em>"conservationists".</em></p><p></p><p>Perhaps of more value than a limit reduction, would be a paradigm shift in thinking as to what are high-probability "ethical" hunting shots (with intension of eating the bird) vs. taking lower-probability long-range body shots ---- this way of thinking can typically cause one to annually pass up killing about half the birds he could otherwise kill, yet still enjoy the game of hunting them.</p><p></p><p>What I'm talking about is only taking high-probability head/neck shots within good range. "Assumed" missed (shot at) and/or wounded birds commonly die within a matter of days, totally unrealized by the hunters. All it takes is a single pellet injuring one leg, a single pellet injuring one wing, or a single pellet penetrating the stomach/gut --- bird is likely dying soon, either from infection or predation. We see the bird run or fly away, seldom realizing his fate.</p><p></p><p>As an aside, not saying if you personally don't eat your birds, you shouldn't turkey hunt. I do know some passionate turkey hunters who do not like to eat turkey. But if you regularly blow several pellets thru the breasts, no one else wants to eat them either. To me, it is akin to "wanton waste" to body shoot a turkey.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5057504, member: 1409"] I believe going from a 4 to a 3-bird limit will make a larger difference than most of you seem to be thinking. Huge difference? No. But it is a good step in the right direction. Popcorn is right. Unfortunately, many the best ideas become impractical (statewide) due to a lack of manpower and funding. [B]So what is practical & easily done?[/B] Biggest single thing now would be to open our season at least 1 week later. This is from a regulatory & "statewide" perspective. More localized & individually, we as hunter/managers/conservationists can work more on improving habitat, reducing predation, and just generally being ethical hunters, i.e. [I]"conservationists".[/I] Perhaps of more value than a limit reduction, would be a paradigm shift in thinking as to what are high-probability "ethical" hunting shots (with intension of eating the bird) vs. taking lower-probability long-range body shots ---- this way of thinking can typically cause one to annually pass up killing about half the birds he could otherwise kill, yet still enjoy the game of hunting them. What I'm talking about is only taking high-probability head/neck shots within good range. "Assumed" missed (shot at) and/or wounded birds commonly die within a matter of days, totally unrealized by the hunters. All it takes is a single pellet injuring one leg, a single pellet injuring one wing, or a single pellet penetrating the stomach/gut --- bird is likely dying soon, either from infection or predation. We see the bird run or fly away, seldom realizing his fate. As an aside, not saying if you personally don't eat your birds, you shouldn't turkey hunt. I do know some passionate turkey hunters who do not like to eat turkey. But if you regularly blow several pellets thru the breasts, no one else wants to eat them either. To me, it is akin to "wanton waste" to body shoot a turkey. [/QUOTE]
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