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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5360980" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Agreed... you should not be allowed in the spring woods by yourself if you cannot differentiate between a jake or an adult. Nor should you be blasting away at just a red head peeking over a rise or in tall grass. It's not the end of the world to have to pass a bird because you aren't 100% certain it isn't a legal adult.</p><p></p><p>That being said, there WILL be some overzealous hunters that kill jakes illegally. Imo, if it's an honest mistake, you should be able to contact TWRA law enforcement, explan what happened, be issued a warning, and still be allowed to keep your bird if you are honest and up front. Make that mistake 3 or 4 times over the course of a decade, and you should be ticketed and bird confiscated.</p><p></p><p>I know a couple EXCELLENT lifelong turkeys hunters here in MS who have shot a jake once in their career (where jakes are illegal). Both incidences occurred before mandatory statewide check in. Almost happened to me down here last year and this year as well (tom came in with 2 or 3 jakes and I had the bead on the bird I thought was the tom waiting for confirmation, only to realize I was on the wrong bird once they got into the opening to change targets and kill the longbeard.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5360980, member: 2805"] Agreed... you should not be allowed in the spring woods by yourself if you cannot differentiate between a jake or an adult. Nor should you be blasting away at just a red head peeking over a rise or in tall grass. It's not the end of the world to have to pass a bird because you aren't 100% certain it isn't a legal adult. That being said, there WILL be some overzealous hunters that kill jakes illegally. Imo, if it's an honest mistake, you should be able to contact TWRA law enforcement, explan what happened, be issued a warning, and still be allowed to keep your bird if you are honest and up front. Make that mistake 3 or 4 times over the course of a decade, and you should be ticketed and bird confiscated. I know a couple EXCELLENT lifelong turkeys hunters here in MS who have shot a jake once in their career (where jakes are illegal). Both incidences occurred before mandatory statewide check in. Almost happened to me down here last year and this year as well (tom came in with 2 or 3 jakes and I had the bead on the bird I thought was the tom waiting for confirmation, only to realize I was on the wrong bird once they got into the opening to change targets and kill the longbeard.) [/QUOTE]
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