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Bleak Outlook For These Counties!!
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<blockquote data-quote="deerfever" data-source="post: 5354299" data-attributes="member: 13434"><p>Where did I say everything is alright ? I will say this some areas have went down for sure but others areas in our state have actually stayed the same or gotten better with turkey population. No one really knows why and that is why studies are taking place. I can confirm that I see and hear turkeys now in places I didn't 5/10 years ago .We killed 2 this year in a place I wouldn't have even hunted 5 years ago and heard several others. I still realize not all is well in other places and something is wrong as I hunt different counties in the state , none of which I will name on an open forum. You stated that all these counties have bleak outlooks because they killed below 200 turkeys which is absolutely a statement that I disagree with . I pointed out why I disagree with the statement but also said that if they had been killing 500 a year and trended down below 200 over time then you would be on to something. So I agree with you on Clay County. I know two guys that had a lease in Clay, they noticed the same thing as you. Harvest data gives us no clue how many people even hunt in the counties you mentioned or if the turkey population has dropped and unless you hunted them all for several years it's probably hard to make a judgement. The population may have dropped in some or may not but I don't believe you can determine that by 1 year of harvest data in my opinion. Two guys hunting different parts of the same county may argue the point of turkey population as it can be scattered in counties. I may not agree that a kill total of below 200 means a bleak outlook for a county but in no way shape nor form does that mean I have my head in the sand when it comes to turkeys(Thanks for the edit on that statement) Lol. I will do whatever to make sure turkeys are here for my son and everyone on this site to hunt for years to come.It's also okay to disagree on some things, if you believe any county that killed below 200 or around that number has a bleak outlook that is fine with me , no problem at all. I hope Clay county bounces back as I actually called for one of the guys son that I referred to in the post above on a juvenile hunt probably 10 years ago and we heard multiple birds that morning , we chased henned up birds all over that farm!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deerfever, post: 5354299, member: 13434"] Where did I say everything is alright ? I will say this some areas have went down for sure but others areas in our state have actually stayed the same or gotten better with turkey population. No one really knows why and that is why studies are taking place. I can confirm that I see and hear turkeys now in places I didn't 5/10 years ago .We killed 2 this year in a place I wouldn't have even hunted 5 years ago and heard several others. I still realize not all is well in other places and something is wrong as I hunt different counties in the state , none of which I will name on an open forum. You stated that all these counties have bleak outlooks because they killed below 200 turkeys which is absolutely a statement that I disagree with . I pointed out why I disagree with the statement but also said that if they had been killing 500 a year and trended down below 200 over time then you would be on to something. So I agree with you on Clay County. I know two guys that had a lease in Clay, they noticed the same thing as you. Harvest data gives us no clue how many people even hunt in the counties you mentioned or if the turkey population has dropped and unless you hunted them all for several years it's probably hard to make a judgement. The population may have dropped in some or may not but I don't believe you can determine that by 1 year of harvest data in my opinion. Two guys hunting different parts of the same county may argue the point of turkey population as it can be scattered in counties. I may not agree that a kill total of below 200 means a bleak outlook for a county but in no way shape nor form does that mean I have my head in the sand when it comes to turkeys(Thanks for the edit on that statement) Lol. I will do whatever to make sure turkeys are here for my son and everyone on this site to hunt for years to come.It's also okay to disagree on some things, if you believe any county that killed below 200 or around that number has a bleak outlook that is fine with me , no problem at all. I hope Clay county bounces back as I actually called for one of the guys son that I referred to in the post above on a juvenile hunt probably 10 years ago and we heard multiple birds that morning , we chased henned up birds all over that farm! [/QUOTE]
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