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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5633678" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I couldn't call myself a conservationist if I killed another turkey this year in my main hunting areas of Stewart Co. I have thousands of private acres to hunt with only a handful of friends. But the turkey population is low, and despite great efforts to bring back the quail, they've gone nearly extinct. My fear is whatever is preventing quail to thrive, is also hitting the turkeys.</p><p></p><p>One of my friends is a very avid & accomplished turkey hunter who hunts (and typically limits out) in multiple states. He hunted in KY the 1st 3 days of our TN season this year. He had his 2 KY birds within 3 days. He then shifted over to TN for several days of hunting. As of yesterday, he had not killed a bird in TN (hunting mostly the same places I turkey hunt).</p><p></p><p>Another of my hunting buddies (SCN) is also a very avid & accomplished turkey hunter, and we've been hunting many the same birds this year. I'll let him tell you his thoughts, but my thoughts are there are so very few longbeards, but several jennies they've still been hanging with.</p><p></p><p>And for whatever reasons, the 2-yr-old or older Toms have simply not gobbled much this year. Maybe this is just evolution, as those inherently most vocal, don't live as long.</p><p></p><p>Has made for tough hunting, as we have no desire to kill a jake. That's the only good news, i.e. there seems to be about twice or thrice as many jakes now as we had longbeards at the beginning of the season. Next year should be "better", but still a far cry from times past.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5633678, member: 1409"] I couldn't call myself a conservationist if I killed another turkey this year in my main hunting areas of Stewart Co. I have thousands of private acres to hunt with only a handful of friends. But the turkey population is low, and despite great efforts to bring back the quail, they've gone nearly extinct. My fear is whatever is preventing quail to thrive, is also hitting the turkeys. One of my friends is a very avid & accomplished turkey hunter who hunts (and typically limits out) in multiple states. He hunted in KY the 1st 3 days of our TN season this year. He had his 2 KY birds within 3 days. He then shifted over to TN for several days of hunting. As of yesterday, he had not killed a bird in TN (hunting mostly the same places I turkey hunt). Another of my hunting buddies (SCN) is also a very avid & accomplished turkey hunter, and we've been hunting many the same birds this year. I'll let him tell you his thoughts, but my thoughts are there are so very few longbeards, but several jennies they've still been hanging with. And for whatever reasons, the 2-yr-old or older Toms have simply not gobbled much this year. Maybe this is just evolution, as those inherently most vocal, don't live as long. Has made for tough hunting, as we have no desire to kill a jake. That's the only good news, i.e. there seems to be about twice or thrice as many jakes now as we had longbeards at the beginning of the season. Next year should be "better", but still a far cry from times past. [/QUOTE]
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