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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5337681" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>This has really helped me.</p><p></p><p>My 1000 ac farm had 20 toms each year using it on average back in the mid 90s. Another 20 on the surrounding properties. By the early 2000s, you would hear 4 or 5 shots around you every Saturday. One neighbor killed 16 toms opening weekend (multiple friends and family... a dove shoot). Since the population collapse late 2000s, hunting pressure on the surrounding farms has significantly declined. (And from me as well... I hardly hunt that farm any more, just because there are so few birds to hunt)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Quite satisfying to call in the huge bird I killed last Fri off the neighbors who used to kill a dozen or more opening weekend and no longer hunt....</p><p></p><p>So that particular farm went from 1 tom per 100 ac for 15 years down to 1 tom per 750 ac for the past 15 years.</p><p></p><p>But because there is so little hunting pressure around now, the few toms live for years. The bird I killed with 2 in spurs came off that same farm 6 or 7 yrs ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5337681, member: 2805"] This has really helped me. My 1000 ac farm had 20 toms each year using it on average back in the mid 90s. Another 20 on the surrounding properties. By the early 2000s, you would hear 4 or 5 shots around you every Saturday. One neighbor killed 16 toms opening weekend (multiple friends and family... a dove shoot). Since the population collapse late 2000s, hunting pressure on the surrounding farms has significantly declined. (And from me as well... I hardly hunt that farm any more, just because there are so few birds to hunt) Quite satisfying to call in the huge bird I killed last Fri off the neighbors who used to kill a dozen or more opening weekend and no longer hunt.... So that particular farm went from 1 tom per 100 ac for 15 years down to 1 tom per 750 ac for the past 15 years. But because there is so little hunting pressure around now, the few toms live for years. The bird I killed with 2 in spurs came off that same farm 6 or 7 yrs ago. [/QUOTE]
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