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3 bird limit???
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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5874381" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>I can identify with this post...</p><p></p><p>First bird of the season is gonna die if he comes to me. Not going to crawl one, ambush one, etc. But if he comes to my call limbhoppong the entire way into range, he's getting shot.</p><p></p><p>After the first one, he has to die by MY standards, not his. Which means he has to come gobbling in searching for me. I've already passed up 2 in gun range this year who didn't fit that bill... catch and release... and so they are still alive for me to continue hunting. After number 2 in MS, every single bird gets a pass even if they play the game MY way until the last day of the season. Some years it's zero, some years it's 10 I pass up. On the last day of the season, I'm punching my last tag if he plays MY game. Last year that was bird no 2 for TN on May 28. 2 years ago that was May 1 on my 3rd bird for MS. But you will NEVER catch me filling my last tag before the last day of the season for the state I'm in. I'll eat that last tag every single year on the last day of season and be happy to do so, rather than tag out and not be able to hunt.</p><p></p><p>Granted, I'm different than most... I'll be in the woods 40 to 45 days most springs hunting... so I usually get more opportunities to pull the trigger than the average hunter. So that's why I 'release' more turkeys than I 'catch'. And every bird I kill I feel remorse.... not for the bird himself (because it WAS his time to die when i decided so, after all), but selfishly for the fact I won't be able to hunt him again the rest of the season or any other future season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5874381, member: 2805"] I can identify with this post... First bird of the season is gonna die if he comes to me. Not going to crawl one, ambush one, etc. But if he comes to my call limbhoppong the entire way into range, he's getting shot. After the first one, he has to die by MY standards, not his. Which means he has to come gobbling in searching for me. I've already passed up 2 in gun range this year who didn't fit that bill... catch and release... and so they are still alive for me to continue hunting. After number 2 in MS, every single bird gets a pass even if they play the game MY way until the last day of the season. Some years it's zero, some years it's 10 I pass up. On the last day of the season, I'm punching my last tag if he plays MY game. Last year that was bird no 2 for TN on May 28. 2 years ago that was May 1 on my 3rd bird for MS. But you will NEVER catch me filling my last tag before the last day of the season for the state I'm in. I'll eat that last tag every single year on the last day of season and be happy to do so, rather than tag out and not be able to hunt. Granted, I'm different than most... I'll be in the woods 40 to 45 days most springs hunting... so I usually get more opportunities to pull the trigger than the average hunter. So that's why I 'release' more turkeys than I 'catch'. And every bird I kill I feel remorse.... not for the bird himself (because it WAS his time to die when i decided so, after all), but selfishly for the fact I won't be able to hunt him again the rest of the season or any other future season. [/QUOTE]
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