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Dr. Michael Chamberlain - MeatEater Podcast
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<blockquote data-quote="Southern Sportsman" data-source="post: 4875556" data-attributes="member: 10399"><p>Strutter decoys came on the scene around 2005-2006 and have become more and more commonplace ever since. Game agencies started noticing a precipitous decline in poult success around 2008-2009. Far more pronounced in SE states where seasons start early. </p><p></p><p>Strutter decoys disproportionately target dominate males defending their hens. Especially early in the season. 4-5 weeks before peak nesting in the SE. Killing the dominant gobbler disrupts the breeding cycle of hens that had already chosen that gobbler through sexual selection - way more than anybody used to understand. I don't want to turn this into a decoy bashing forum, and decoys definitely are not the only factor. But ignoring them as <strong>A</strong> factor is just denial.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Southern Sportsman, post: 4875556, member: 10399"] Strutter decoys came on the scene around 2005-2006 and have become more and more commonplace ever since. Game agencies started noticing a precipitous decline in poult success around 2008-2009. Far more pronounced in SE states where seasons start early. Strutter decoys disproportionately target dominate males defending their hens. Especially early in the season. 4-5 weeks before peak nesting in the SE. Killing the dominant gobbler disrupts the breeding cycle of hens that had already chosen that gobbler through sexual selection - way more than anybody used to understand. I don’t want to turn this into a decoy bashing forum, and decoys definitely are not the only factor. But ignoring them as [b]A[/b] factor is just denial. [/QUOTE]
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