Can anyone post the harvest so far this year? I was wanting to compare to past years, but for some reason I'm only gett
If they got so much breeding done than why was loosing the third tag necessary? Loosing hunting opportunity for no reason other than a knee jerk feel good reaction is unnecessaryI don't think losing a 3rd tag is unnecessary. It just leaves more birds for the following year. The birds this year also had an extra two weeks to get their breading done. I think the changes will end up being good. Seems like everyone is still getting to hunt, still getting to hear birds, still getting to kill birds. Not so bad.
You need to consider areas outside of yours that are struggling to maintain any resemblance of a population. We should always remember our small window of how things are isn't the full picture.If they got so much breeding done than why was loosing the third tag necessary? Loosing hunting opportunity for no reason other than a knee jerk feel good reaction is unnecessary
Its too much work for most turkey hunters to improve habitat and predate the predators.Just curious, how many of you guys that talk of taking away birds from the limit do predator controll? Trapping coons and other nest raiders. You just do the talk or do you do the walk too. What the limit is should be for your area, does'nt mean it should be state wide.
I walk it. 133 trapped and killed in 2022 and thus far in 2023. Plus major habitat improvements.Just curious, how many of you guys that talk of taking away birds from the limit do predator controll? Trapping coons and other nest raiders. You just do the talk or do you do the walk too. What the limit is should be for your area, does'nt mean it should be state wide.
I trapped until season closed at the end of February on our local wma.Just curious, how many of you guys that talk of taking away birds from the limit do predator controll? Trapping coons and other nest raiders. You just do the talk or do you do the walk too. What the limit is should be for your area, does'nt mean it should be state wide.
I think the simple answer is killing less birds will never hurt the population. It's 1 extra turkey for you but thousands of turkeys across the state. I think its a fine trade off and if it goes well they may up the limit again one day instead of eventually being lucky to even see 3 turkeys in a season like many places.If they got so much breeding done than why was loosing the third tag necessary? Loosing hunting opportunity for no reason other than a knee jerk feel good reaction is unnecessary
If you can tell me how killing more birds will help the population I'll let it goJust curious, how many of you guys that talk of taking away birds from the limit do predator controll? Trapping coons and other nest raiders. You just do the talk or do you do the walk too. What the limit is should be for your area, does'nt mean it should be state wide.
Killing more birds won't help the population, but if season structure is set properly, will not harm the population either.If you can tell me how killing more birds will help the population I'll let it go
2 birds are better than 1.I think the simple answer is killing less birds will never hurt the population. It's 1 extra turkey for you but thousands of turkeys across the state. I think its a fine trade off and if it goes well they may up the limit again one day instead of eventually being lucky to even see 3 turkeys in a season like many places.
I think the simple answer is killing less birds will never hurt the population. It's 1 extra turkey for you but thousands of turkeys across the state. I think its a fine trade off and if it goes well they may up the limit again one day instead of eventually being lucky to even see 3 turkeys in a season like many places.
^Fact.The 3rd bird is neglible statewide. Most folks will shoot 1 or 2.