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Fewer turkeys- debate- over a decade of harvest numbers....
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<blockquote data-quote="Daff" data-source="post: 5326957" data-attributes="member: 5325"><p>If you want a solution to the problem quit looking at harvest numbers. 1 gobbler can service many hens so the issue is improving nesting success and recruitment. Aside from things no game agency can control agricultural practices and weather which impact nesting success and what are you left with? Habitat is generally good most places so that ain't it. Fix the mesopredator problem which is some thing we can control! Snare, trap and shoot the mesopredators! These are critters that no one really takes serious now a days. They need to be removed at a higher rate than they reproduce or you won't see a change. Laziness of the wildlife managers ( hunters) is part of the problem shooting 1 nest predator per year which bears 6 young per year does nothing. You have to look beyond the harvest to the whole ecosystem and balance everything, then the turkeys can do the rest themselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daff, post: 5326957, member: 5325"] If you want a solution to the problem quit looking at harvest numbers. 1 gobbler can service many hens so the issue is improving nesting success and recruitment. Aside from things no game agency can control agricultural practices and weather which impact nesting success and what are you left with? Habitat is generally good most places so that ain’t it. Fix the mesopredator problem which is some thing we can control! Snare, trap and shoot the mesopredators! These are critters that no one really takes serious now a days. They need to be removed at a higher rate than they reproduce or you won’t see a change. Laziness of the wildlife managers ( hunters) is part of the problem shooting 1 nest predator per year which bears 6 young per year does nothing. You have to look beyond the harvest to the whole ecosystem and balance everything, then the turkeys can do the rest themselves. [/QUOTE]
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