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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5363851" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I agree with everything above said <u>except</u> the idea limits don't matter.</p><p>If we kill every 2-yr-old & older male <em>AFTER</em> breeding,</p><p>then we don't have anything older than 2 yr-old Toms in subsequent years.</p><p>The higher the limit, the fewer Toms in subsequent years.</p><p></p><p>I do agree that older Toms are not a requirement for sustaining turkey populations.</p><p>But we're not just trying to sustain them at present, we need to increase their numbers,</p><p>including the number of males, regardless of age, for next year.</p><p></p><p>Also, if we kill most the longbeards each year, the ratio of female to male birds gets worse, compromising breeding success. This becomes even more true following a single year of poor nesting success, in which there might be plenty of older hens, but not enough males to service them.</p><p></p><p>I'm all about math.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5363851, member: 1409"] I agree with everything above said [U]except[/U] the idea limits don't matter. If we kill every 2-yr-old & older male [I]AFTER[/I] breeding, then we don't have anything older than 2 yr-old Toms in subsequent years. The higher the limit, the fewer Toms in subsequent years. I do agree that older Toms are not a requirement for sustaining turkey populations. But we're not just trying to sustain them at present, we need to increase their numbers, including the number of males, regardless of age, for next year. Also, if we kill most the longbeards each year, the ratio of female to male birds gets worse, compromising breeding success. This becomes even more true following a single year of poor nesting success, in which there might be plenty of older hens, but not enough males to service them. I'm all about math. [/QUOTE]
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