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<blockquote data-quote="th88" data-source="post: 5113029" data-attributes="member: 16217"><p>Significant increases in apps started before COVID. You can literally track app increases with the states YouTubers hunt.</p><p></p><p>I assure you there is no 'blacklisting'. Hopefully there is a better draw system coming in the future.</p><p></p><p>I can tell you that MDWFP has an ongoing project with Mississippi State University to investigate the effects of season/regulation changes on turkey populations. If MDWFP makes a decision, they want it to be backed by science rather than theory. Personally, I've been an advocate for some changes for quite a while.</p><p></p><p>Bashing...Or speaking the truth? I'm just telling it how it is and what the future holds. And I want other turkey hunters to become aware of it. Right now, the future ain't pretty for public land/traveling turkey hunting. Not pretty at all. If mother nature doesn't cooperate soon and give us some good hatches, non-residents and public land hunters will continue to lose hunting opportunity while there is no guarantee that even a fraction of the license sales money through the "Recruit more public land turkey hunters campaign" will even be used for the benefit of the wild turkey. And there is actually a rather simple way to address this if states could get on board...A stamp/permit that is earmarked towards wild turkey or public land acquisitions. Very few license dollars are earmarked for something, all the revenue just goes into a general fund. You'll see other states with 'habitat stamps' and the like...Those are usually earmarked for land acquisition or land management. Arkansas just released a voluntary turkey stamp which funds go to their turkey program.. Get more of these earmarked licenses that go straight to benefit the wild turkey/habitat/public lands, now that is how a YouTuber could actually help! But that would involve getting into policy, showing up to commission meetings, educating their viewers, and even some politics. They now have the power and following to make a difference. Sure wish they'd do it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="th88, post: 5113029, member: 16217"] Significant increases in apps started before COVID. You can literally track app increases with the states YouTubers hunt. I assure you there is no 'blacklisting'. Hopefully there is a better draw system coming in the future. I can tell you that MDWFP has an ongoing project with Mississippi State University to investigate the effects of season/regulation changes on turkey populations. If MDWFP makes a decision, they want it to be backed by science rather than theory. Personally, I've been an advocate for some changes for quite a while. Bashing...Or speaking the truth? I'm just telling it how it is and what the future holds. And I want other turkey hunters to become aware of it. Right now, the future ain't pretty for public land/traveling turkey hunting. Not pretty at all. If mother nature doesn't cooperate soon and give us some good hatches, non-residents and public land hunters will continue to lose hunting opportunity while there is no guarantee that even a fraction of the license sales money through the "Recruit more public land turkey hunters campaign" will even be used for the benefit of the wild turkey. And there is actually a rather simple way to address this if states could get on board...A stamp/permit that is earmarked towards wild turkey or public land acquisitions. Very few license dollars are earmarked for something, all the revenue just goes into a general fund. You'll see other states with 'habitat stamps' and the like...Those are usually earmarked for land acquisition or land management. Arkansas just released a voluntary turkey stamp which funds go to their turkey program.. Get more of these earmarked licenses that go straight to benefit the wild turkey/habitat/public lands, now that is how a YouTuber could actually help! But that would involve getting into policy, showing up to commission meetings, educating their viewers, and even some politics. They now have the power and following to make a difference. Sure wish they'd do it! [/QUOTE]
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