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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5069461" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Let's be realistic. Throughout the US during turkey restoration, the 'biologists' screwed up and set opening dates too early. Guess what, that screw up was masked by how inefficient we as hunters were at actually killing turkeys, especially those henned up dominant males. Everything was fine, populations could increase despite the biologists violating the single most important tenent of turkey management‐ don't open season on males until AFTER they have bred the hens.</p><p></p><p>Fast forward 20 years, now any joe blow FB hero is a turkey killing machine. Reaping, corn slinging, TSS shooting at 80 yards, TSS shooting and 'missing' at 80 yards (and that bird ofc dies later, and the 'hunter' gets to do it all over again since a cripple loss doesn't count against bag limit). It is no wonder turkey populations are falling in 75% of their ranges throughout the US.</p><p></p><p>You just cannot violate the most basic premise of turkey management‐ 'don't open season before the hens are bred' and expect to get away with it. Now the lack of poults are coming home to roost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5069461, member: 2805"] Let's be realistic. Throughout the US during turkey restoration, the 'biologists' screwed up and set opening dates too early. Guess what, that screw up was masked by how inefficient we as hunters were at actually killing turkeys, especially those henned up dominant males. Everything was fine, populations could increase despite the biologists violating the single most important tenent of turkey management‐ don't open season on males until AFTER they have bred the hens. Fast forward 20 years, now any joe blow FB hero is a turkey killing machine. Reaping, corn slinging, TSS shooting at 80 yards, TSS shooting and 'missing' at 80 yards (and that bird ofc dies later, and the 'hunter' gets to do it all over again since a cripple loss doesn't count against bag limit). It is no wonder turkey populations are falling in 75% of their ranges throughout the US. You just cannot violate the most basic premise of turkey management‐ 'don't open season before the hens are bred' and expect to get away with it. Now the lack of poults are coming home to roost. [/QUOTE]
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