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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5616833" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Killing more birds won't help the population, but if season structure is set properly, will not harm the population either.</p><p></p><p>Of course, killing excess males (and especially males that are not in excess in a localized geography) can cause irreprovable damage to the localized population if they are killed before hens are bred.</p><p></p><p>Multiple studies have shown the earliest hens to breed are also the most successful at actually hatching poults and their success or failure is mostly responsible for population increases or declines. Is that because the dominant hens are better nesters? Or is it because the later nesters are laying infertile eggs because all the sexually mature males were already removed?</p><p></p><p>Personally, I don't really care what the limit is with the new season structure. I'm not going to punch my last tag unless it's a really memorable hunt or a really special bird. Something psychologically in me NEEDS to know I could kill the bird if I so CHOSE to do so, rather than I could not kill the bird because I tagged out already.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5616833, member: 2805"] Killing more birds won't help the population, but if season structure is set properly, will not harm the population either. Of course, killing excess males (and especially males that are not in excess in a localized geography) can cause irreprovable damage to the localized population if they are killed before hens are bred. Multiple studies have shown the earliest hens to breed are also the most successful at actually hatching poults and their success or failure is mostly responsible for population increases or declines. Is that because the dominant hens are better nesters? Or is it because the later nesters are laying infertile eggs because all the sexually mature males were already removed? Personally, I don't really care what the limit is with the new season structure. I'm not going to punch my last tag unless it's a really memorable hunt or a really special bird. Something psychologically in me NEEDS to know I could kill the bird if I so CHOSE to do so, rather than I could not kill the bird because I tagged out already. [/QUOTE]
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