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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5363184" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Of course it is.</p><p></p><p>Another issue is the commissioners were astute enough, despite a couple of them not knowing the difference between a longbeard & a jake, to realize that banning decoys would actually have little effect on the total number of longbeards killed during the course of the season. It would effect which hunters killed the birds, but little effect on the total annual kill.</p><p></p><p>For the accomplished turkey hunters who hunt public land a lot (like Setterman), I would have to ask just how many other hunters do you run into using decoys? I strongly believe most of the turkeys killed on public land are killed by avid, accomplished turkey hunters <em>NOT</em> using decoys. In fact, I actually believe I personally benefit by those who sit in a tent over their decoys, leaving vast areas available to me without their interference.</p><p></p><p>Don't take this wrong, as I strongly believe "fanning" should be an illegal tactic. But as to decoys in general, including male ones, I found them to be overall at least as much liability as asset. What's more, most of the hunters wanting them to be made illegal are the accomplished hunters who have been annually killing the full limit.</p><p></p><p>The primary (regulatory) goal here is for there to be fewer turkeys killed, and killed later in the season, irrelevant as to which particular hunters kill them. The two week delay was the single-most important thing that could be done towards this goal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5363184, member: 1409"] Of course it is. Another issue is the commissioners were astute enough, despite a couple of them not knowing the difference between a longbeard & a jake, to realize that banning decoys would actually have little effect on the total number of longbeards killed during the course of the season. It would effect which hunters killed the birds, but little effect on the total annual kill. For the accomplished turkey hunters who hunt public land a lot (like Setterman), I would have to ask just how many other hunters do you run into using decoys? I strongly believe most of the turkeys killed on public land are killed by avid, accomplished turkey hunters [I]NOT[/I] using decoys. In fact, I actually believe I personally benefit by those who sit in a tent over their decoys, leaving vast areas available to me without their interference. Don't take this wrong, as I strongly believe "fanning" should be an illegal tactic. But as to decoys in general, including male ones, I found them to be overall at least as much liability as asset. What's more, most of the hunters wanting them to be made illegal are the accomplished hunters who have been annually killing the full limit. The primary (regulatory) goal here is for there to be fewer turkeys killed, and killed later in the season, irrelevant as to which particular hunters kill them. The two week delay was the single-most important thing that could be done towards this goal. [/QUOTE]
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