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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4741416" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Actually, it's at least 2 years past time for some dramatic changes with the turkey regs.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Simply KILLING turkeys CAN BE EXTREMELY EASY!</em></p><p>Go afield every day the first week.</p><p>Focus on shooting & killing rather than traditional hunting,</p><p>while using all the latest crutches,</p><p>such as long-range "rifle-like-patterning" shotguns, electronically controlled decoys, reaping fans, pop-up blinds, real-time cellular trail cam images letting you know exactly which places to go stalk, etc.</p><p></p><p><u>I'm not advocating eliminating all these "crutches</u>", but just pointing out how much easier it is today to simply kill a turkey compared to a couple decades ago, especially when more hunters valued "playing the game" of calling up a turkey before killing a turkey.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Although it's wise on your behalf to have some early-season restraint there,</p><p>the reality is, typically, 60 acres represents only a tiny portion of the springtime breeding range of an adult gobbler.</p><p>Typically, <em>ANY</em> hunting around your perimeter is going to kill that particular gobbler, as he's likely already roaming more like 600 acres unless there are some significant barriers to his travels.</p><p></p><p>A week before the season opened, I could show you several areas of long-term decent turkey populations, talking blocks of hundreds of acres, completely void of any turkey. <em>SHOULD</em> be some in most those areas now with wintering flock dispersals from surrounding areas, but question remains, how many now? It's looking like fewer than last year.</p><p></p><p>Going back a few years, we've been trending towards less successful nesting, less successful poult survival, and it's been getting progressively worse with more and more going against sustaining the turkey populations we had. Beyond a decade ago, I never thought there would be bald eagles taking out some strutting Toms, never thought so many turkey hunters would be using so much longer-range guns, much less be more focused on killing turkeys by any means, rather than enjoying the traditional "run & gun" method of calling up turkeys and "playing that game".</p><p></p><p>Is what it is, and seems everything is going against even sustaining the turkey populations we currently have?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4741416, member: 1409"] Actually, it's at least 2 years past time for some dramatic changes with the turkey regs. [i]Simply KILLING turkeys CAN BE EXTREMELY EASY![/i] Go afield every day the first week. Focus on shooting & killing rather than traditional hunting, while using all the latest crutches, such as long-range "rifle-like-patterning" shotguns, electronically controlled decoys, reaping fans, pop-up blinds, real-time cellular trail cam images letting you know exactly which places to go stalk, etc. [u]I'm not advocating eliminating all these "crutches[/u]", but just pointing out how much easier it is today to simply kill a turkey compared to a couple decades ago, especially when more hunters valued "playing the game" of calling up a turkey before killing a turkey. Although it's wise on your behalf to have some early-season restraint there, the reality is, typically, 60 acres represents only a tiny portion of the springtime breeding range of an adult gobbler. Typically, [i]ANY[/i] hunting around your perimeter is going to kill that particular gobbler, as he's likely already roaming more like 600 acres unless there are some significant barriers to his travels. A week before the season opened, I could show you several areas of long-term decent turkey populations, talking blocks of hundreds of acres, completely void of any turkey. [i]SHOULD[/i] be some in most those areas now with wintering flock dispersals from surrounding areas, but question remains, how many now? It's looking like fewer than last year. Going back a few years, we've been trending towards less successful nesting, less successful poult survival, and it's been getting progressively worse with more and more going against sustaining the turkey populations we had. Beyond a decade ago, I never thought there would be bald eagles taking out some strutting Toms, never thought so many turkey hunters would be using so much longer-range guns, much less be more focused on killing turkeys by any means, rather than enjoying the traditional "run & gun" method of calling up turkeys and "playing that game". Is what it is, and seems everything is going against even sustaining the turkey populations we currently have? [/QUOTE]
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