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<blockquote data-quote="Andy S." data-source="post: 5057865" data-attributes="member: 131"><p>^^^ No way to manage by kill/harvest data alone, or use it as any kind of reliable indicator, without knowing hunter effort (hours afield) during these same time periods. My absolute favorite thing Missouri does religiously is their brood survey (poults per hen ration aka PHR) and they publish it for all turkey hunters to read and understand. They always communicate the risk of low PHR and what the future will likely hold if a low PHR becomes status quo. They never try to directly or indirectly paint a false sense of security to the hunters about their fragile resource. They tell the hunters about last few years' hatches and how that'll likely play into one's success afield. It is very obvious to me they manage their resource for the future benefit of their resource, and hunter satisfaction and profit just fall where they may. I know a lot of guys who once hunted MO, but choose not to these days. Why? They tell me $230 is too steep for two birds and they preferred the years when you heard 10-15 a morning, over the present of 3-6 a morning. This is residents and non-residents alike. I'll take 1-3 morning in a pure hardwoods habitat and be happy as a lark.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy S., post: 5057865, member: 131"] ^^^ No way to manage by kill/harvest data alone, or use it as any kind of reliable indicator, without knowing hunter effort (hours afield) during these same time periods. My absolute favorite thing Missouri does religiously is their brood survey (poults per hen ration aka PHR) and they publish it for all turkey hunters to read and understand. They always communicate the risk of low PHR and what the future will likely hold if a low PHR becomes status quo. They never try to directly or indirectly paint a false sense of security to the hunters about their fragile resource. They tell the hunters about last few years’ hatches and how that’ll likely play into one’s success afield. It is very obvious to me they manage their resource for the future benefit of their resource, and hunter satisfaction and profit just fall where they may. I know a lot of guys who once hunted MO, but choose not to these days. Why? They tell me $230 is too steep for two birds and they preferred the years when you heard 10-15 a morning, over the present of 3-6 a morning. This is residents and non-residents alike. I’ll take 1-3 morning in a pure hardwoods habitat and be happy as a lark. [/QUOTE]
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