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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5359145" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>It's not explicate by me... but in general, looking at long term harvest trends (20y tine span), very high kill years are succeeded by 2 or 3 years of decreased kills. Then another spike in statewide kills, followed by decreased kills... rinse and repeat. Of course that still occurs despite increased man days afield (from more hunters)... which translates to more hours spent hunting to kill a turkey.</p><p></p><p>I've accepted the fact that I will never experience again what hunting was like back in the mid to late 90s on my farms (hearing 15 to 20 gobblers sounding off on the roost) and have adapted to what I hope is the 'new normal'... hearing 1 or 2 gobblers on the roost on my farms. (I say 'new normal' because I have the very real fear that they will disappear altogether eventually)</p><p></p><p>It's all about perspective.. hearing 1 or 2 in a morn in TN is still WAY better than hearing 1 or 2 in a month in south MS. I've also accepted the fact that there is no chance we will ever get back to the heyday of the late 90s... too many factors going against it. And I no longer care about an 'easy' kill (well... maybe it's nice once a year to get a freebie). I'd much rather EARN each bird I kill...</p><p></p><p>The downside... Im WAY more bloodthirsty now than I was back in the late 90s. Going a few weeks without a gobble and then finally hearing one makes me go into kill mode... im not leaving him till he's dead or the sun is setting. Back in the 90s, I'd pass on 10 birds in a season just to not end my season early or they weren't old enough for my personal standards.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime, I'm doing whatever it takes to make their life better between springs... trapping predators, planting summer and fall plots, improving nesting and brood habitat. If turkeys disappear altogether on the places I hunt, it won't be my fault.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5359145, member: 2805"] It's not explicate by me... but in general, looking at long term harvest trends (20y tine span), very high kill years are succeeded by 2 or 3 years of decreased kills. Then another spike in statewide kills, followed by decreased kills... rinse and repeat. Of course that still occurs despite increased man days afield (from more hunters)... which translates to more hours spent hunting to kill a turkey. I've accepted the fact that I will never experience again what hunting was like back in the mid to late 90s on my farms (hearing 15 to 20 gobblers sounding off on the roost) and have adapted to what I hope is the 'new normal'... hearing 1 or 2 gobblers on the roost on my farms. (I say 'new normal' because I have the very real fear that they will disappear altogether eventually) It's all about perspective.. hearing 1 or 2 in a morn in TN is still WAY better than hearing 1 or 2 in a month in south MS. I've also accepted the fact that there is no chance we will ever get back to the heyday of the late 90s... too many factors going against it. And I no longer care about an 'easy' kill (well... maybe it's nice once a year to get a freebie). I'd much rather EARN each bird I kill... The downside... Im WAY more bloodthirsty now than I was back in the late 90s. Going a few weeks without a gobble and then finally hearing one makes me go into kill mode... im not leaving him till he's dead or the sun is setting. Back in the 90s, I'd pass on 10 birds in a season just to not end my season early or they weren't old enough for my personal standards. In the meantime, I'm doing whatever it takes to make their life better between springs... trapping predators, planting summer and fall plots, improving nesting and brood habitat. If turkeys disappear altogether on the places I hunt, it won't be my fault. [/QUOTE]
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