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3 bird limit???
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<blockquote data-quote="deerfever" data-source="post: 5873883" data-attributes="member: 13434"><p>There is no data at all to show a delay helps but there is a study and data that disproves the theory that a delayed season helps any with reproductive benefits. It has been posted here several times, hundreds of collared hens involved. My guess if guys that feel strongly about the theory and believe the delay is beneficial they will just simply wait a week on their land to go after them next season giving another week to breed , probably just go listen opening weekend , not pull the trigger(still gives you 5 weeks), private land, so you control the start date and how many you kill. Public land I get it. We have had great hatches 3 years in a row in TN with a delay and without a delay. Common factor, dry weather at the right time.Mississippi blows the delay theory out of the water one of the best hatches they ever had was in 2022, and it opens March 15. It's been shown for years by TWRA that 90 something percent of hunters kill either one or two birds per year, with the highest percentage of all only killing 1, so the 3 bird limit should not be too bad and may allow someone to go on a late quota hunt (since it's no longer a bonus bird)if they have already killed 2. I am guessing that again lots of people will self impose a two bird limit because of the strong feelings towards it. That's just a guess but either way a very small percentage has ever killed over two.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deerfever, post: 5873883, member: 13434"] There is no data at all to show a delay helps but there is a study and data that disproves the theory that a delayed season helps any with reproductive benefits. It has been posted here several times, hundreds of collared hens involved. My guess if guys that feel strongly about the theory and believe the delay is beneficial they will just simply wait a week on their land to go after them next season giving another week to breed , probably just go listen opening weekend , not pull the trigger(still gives you 5 weeks), private land, so you control the start date and how many you kill. Public land I get it. We have had great hatches 3 years in a row in TN with a delay and without a delay. Common factor, dry weather at the right time.Mississippi blows the delay theory out of the water one of the best hatches they ever had was in 2022, and it opens March 15. It's been shown for years by TWRA that 90 something percent of hunters kill either one or two birds per year, with the highest percentage of all only killing 1, so the 3 bird limit should not be too bad and may allow someone to go on a late quota hunt (since it's no longer a bonus bird)if they have already killed 2. I am guessing that again lots of people will self impose a two bird limit because of the strong feelings towards it. That's just a guess but either way a very small percentage has ever killed over two. [/QUOTE]
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