LBL Draws Are Completed

[SKFOOTER]

My group drew the first hunt April 11-12.

 

[MrClif]

Got a point, I figured it would be tougher with season being pushed back everywhere else.

 

[deerfever]

Forgot about it! Lol, oh well with a two bird limit , no bonus bird and long drive , No big deal. Good luck to those who got drawn.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

I drew first hunt for Ky side.

 

[Southern Sportsman]

Points for me and my son

 

[Turkeychaser]

I got a point.

 

[Big Gun]

Good luck. BigAl and I went last year and didn't see or hear a turkey. The hog sign was everywhere though.

 

[wkyhunter]

Was fortunate to draw first hunt.

 

[KPH]

Got 11&12 if I have chemo those days it will get changed.

 

[Apostolic Outdoors]

Forgot about it! Lol, oh well with a two bird limit , no bonus bird and long drive , No big deal. Good luck to those who got drawn.

This!!

 

[SKFOOTER]

Got 11&12 if I have chemo those days it will get changed.

I've got chemo scheduled for the 10th so it will get changed.

 

[Dover_Mike]

Me and my brother drew the weekend

 

[Andy S.]

Good luck. BigAl and I went last year and didn't see or hear a turkey. The hog sign was everywhere though.

Same report I received from fellow hunters that drew quota hunt last few years.

 

[SKFOOTER]

Same report I received from fellow hunters that drew quota hunt last few years.

Any swine that I encounter will likely die from TSS poisoning.

 

[TheLBLman]

I drew first hunt for Ky side.

I thought about applying for the KY side, but then, decided not.

In a coordinated effort geared at preventing the same thing to wild turkey populations that as happened to our bobwhite quail, many WMAs no longer have "bonus" birds, as any turkeys taken there simply count toward the statewide bag limit.

But on LBL, not only is there no longer a "bonus" turkey for the quota hunts, but the annual limit is simply one (1) turkey, regardless which side of the state line you get it. If you kill a turkey on the KY side of LBL this year, then you cannot turkey hunt those 2 non-quota weeks on the TN side.

I do believe this counting "same as statewide" can only help the turkey populations, but is something avid turkey hunters now have to think about when planning their trips. And would think no more "bonus" birds greatly reduces the number of non-resident hunters on our already crowded WMAs, which will still be crowded, but maybe not as bad as the past few years.

 

[Andy S.]

And would think no more "bonus" birds greatly reduces the number of non-resident hunters on our already crowded WMAs, which will still be crowded, but maybe not as bad as the past few years.

......and resident hunters. Exactly why I did not apply for LBL TN side this year, along with the reports I have received last two years (TN side).

 

[TheLBLman]

......and resident hunters. Exactly why I did not apply for LBL TN side this year, along with the reports I have received last two years.

Well, that's one less turkey that's going to die this year at LBL

 

[SKFOOTER]

Well, that's one less turkey that's going to die this year at LBL

What's you assessment of the turkey population on the Tennessee portion of LBL??

 

[Buzzard Breath]

I hunted the TN side 2 years ago and hunted through the entire hunt. I thought I heard a turkey twice the first morning, but by the end of the day, I'd convinced myself I'd just heard a dog bark a couple times. That was after definitely hearing a dog bark later in the day. I did see a hen the second day after one of the hog trappers gave me some info. He saw me at the car, refilling my water and snacks and pulled in and told me some things he knew.

 

[Big Gun]

Any swine that I encounter will likely die from TSS poisoning.

I had one go behind me in the pitch-black dark the first morning, didn't know what it was until it squealed and took off running.

 

[lightfoot]

Also got drawn for TN 11&12, kinda strange it says area 2, I figured it meant this is the second hunt for TN. I know Tn doesn't have a area 2. Does anybody else have this on your hunt?

 

[SKFOOTER]

Also got drawn for TN 11&12, kinda strange it says area 2, I figured it meant this is the second hunt for TN. I know Tn doesn't have a area 2. Does anybody else have this on your hunt?

Since the turkey hunts have no area designation like the deer hunts, all hunt choices defaulted to Area 2.

 

[KPH]

Also got drawn for TN 11&12, kinda strange it says area 2, I figured it meant this is the second hunt for TN. I know Tn doesn't have a area 2. Does anybody else have this on your hunt?

yep

 

[Displaced_Vol]

I read the areas don't mean anything. I think they just had to put something there for the computer system that was doing the drawing.
I got the 4/11 & 4/12 KY hunt.
Been a few years since I've hunted LBL and never on the quota. Excited to have a crack at them before statewide season opens.

 

[Bon3_Daddy]

Point.