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<blockquote data-quote="deerfever" data-source="post: 5886107" data-attributes="member: 13434"><p>All the birds people are talking about were hatched during the non delay except in 3 counties . I knew this would happen there has been good hatches all over the state the last 3 or 4 years dry weather was key and 22 was really good but it has to be the delay that made it possible when there wasn't even a delay when the great hatches happened .What is happening right now , most people used to quit after a couple weeks and " go fishing" henned up birds they say. Your actual turkey hunters would hang in and kill turkeys after others cleared out and hens went to nest. Birds have always been this way mid April. The TN study will be put in a scientific journal soon, 7 years worth of data , I checked into the matter. It will clearly show that nest success was actually higher some years before the delay than after in the study counties. It fluctuated each year up and down due to weather, predators and habitat but the date had nothing to do with it. Thing is no one is losing a delay if the new regs pass it's still at least a week or more later than our old opener. Some years it will be April 10 before we open with the new regulations . Guys on here talking about all the birds they are hearing have just cemented start date didn't matter as all those birds are from 21 22 hatches before the delay (except in 3 counties). Now if your seeing and hearing Jakes that would be the 23 delay hatch and I hope we had another good one . Either way I will hunt when they tell me and follow what regs are passed. If hens weren't getting bred how do we have all these gobblers people are talking about right now all over the state? Remember there was no delay when they hatched.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deerfever, post: 5886107, member: 13434"] All the birds people are talking about were hatched during the non delay except in 3 counties . I knew this would happen there has been good hatches all over the state the last 3 or 4 years dry weather was key and 22 was really good but it has to be the delay that made it possible when there wasn't even a delay when the great hatches happened .What is happening right now , most people used to quit after a couple weeks and " go fishing" henned up birds they say. Your actual turkey hunters would hang in and kill turkeys after others cleared out and hens went to nest. Birds have always been this way mid April. The TN study will be put in a scientific journal soon, 7 years worth of data , I checked into the matter. It will clearly show that nest success was actually higher some years before the delay than after in the study counties. It fluctuated each year up and down due to weather, predators and habitat but the date had nothing to do with it. Thing is no one is losing a delay if the new regs pass it's still at least a week or more later than our old opener. Some years it will be April 10 before we open with the new regulations . Guys on here talking about all the birds they are hearing have just cemented start date didn't matter as all those birds are from 21 22 hatches before the delay (except in 3 counties). Now if your seeing and hearing Jakes that would be the 23 delay hatch and I hope we had another good one . Either way I will hunt when they tell me and follow what regs are passed. If hens weren't getting bred how do we have all these gobblers people are talking about right now all over the state? Remember there was no delay when they hatched. [/QUOTE]
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