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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5353974" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>As bleak as things look ongoing, may not be as bleak as many are thinking<u> in the short-term</u>.</p><p></p><p>Temporary "Luck" with Mother Nature is not a good substitute for better long-term management, but, it does appear there was a better than average hatch in 2021, as evidenced by more jakes statewide during the spring of 2022.</p><p></p><p>Yes, those jakes were also over-harvested this year, but believe what survived suggests there will be more longbeards next spring than there was this spring . . . . . statewide.</p><p></p><p>The bigger concern remains why are longer established flocks generally declining in numbers, and how are things going to look in the Spring of 2024. And as has happened many times, will TWRA simply look at next year's better than 2022's "harvest numbers" and say nothing needs to change in the regulations?</p><p></p><p>Hindsight is usually better, but one can imagine if beginning with the 2020 season, our season had opened a week later and with a 2-bird limit, we would not be talking now about how there are so few longbeards (Toms 2 yrs old or older) in 2022. While we may have more 2-yr-old Toms in 2023 statewide, we may be at a new low for Toms older than 2 yrs.</p><p></p><p>Back to hoping for good "Luck" this year with Mother Nature.</p><p>But we need more than a good hatch.</p><p>We need more poults to survive and become over a year old,</p><p>and more 2-yr-old Toms surviving to become 3 years old & older.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5353974, member: 1409"] As bleak as things look ongoing, may not be as bleak as many are thinking[U] in the short-term[/U]. Temporary "Luck" with Mother Nature is not a good substitute for better long-term management, but, it does appear there was a better than average hatch in 2021, as evidenced by more jakes statewide during the spring of 2022. Yes, those jakes were also over-harvested this year, but believe what survived suggests there will be more longbeards next spring than there was this spring . . . . . statewide. The bigger concern remains why are longer established flocks generally declining in numbers, and how are things going to look in the Spring of 2024. And as has happened many times, will TWRA simply look at next year's better than 2022's "harvest numbers" and say nothing needs to change in the regulations? Hindsight is usually better, but one can imagine if beginning with the 2020 season, our season had opened a week later and with a 2-bird limit, we would not be talking now about how there are so few longbeards (Toms 2 yrs old or older) in 2022. While we may have more 2-yr-old Toms in 2023 statewide, we may be at a new low for Toms older than 2 yrs. Back to hoping for good "Luck" this year with Mother Nature. But we need more than a good hatch. We need more poults to survive and become over a year old, and more 2-yr-old Toms surviving to become 3 years old & older. [/QUOTE]
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