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March 24 TFWC Commission Meeting
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy S." data-source="post: 5595951" data-attributes="member: 131"><p>The decision has been made for 2023 and TWRA <u>recommends</u> no change to turkey season dates in 2024. My biggest concern at this point in time is if the current regulations will stay in place long enough to accurately assess and measure impacts, as well as consider all other factors (<em>nesting habitat, weather, etc</em>) during the time period. I am not holding my breath with the Commissioners calling the shots (<em>one wants this, another wants that, which one is the loudest senior ranking Commissioner in the meeting, etc</em>). No one likes one knee-jerk reaction after the other from decision makers.</p><p></p><p>On a different note, most lay people in SW TN despised the extreme hot drought we had last year (Jun/July/Aug). Based on a small sample size of trail camera data and visual observations in late summer, it appears our poults THRIVED, with some significance likely tied to this one single extreme weather event, so to speak. Nesting habitat and predator's were a constant last year, when compared to prior years, and last summer was just two years after statewide record <u>recorded</u> harvest of 40k male birds <em>(likely higher</em>). Like others, at the end of the day, I want turkeys for our grandkids, but I am not convinced any SINGLE measure will make a dramatic impact. It's multifactorial and hopefully we can align enough measures to make a favorable impact for the years to come. Time will tell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy S., post: 5595951, member: 131"] The decision has been made for 2023 and TWRA [U]recommends[/U] no change to turkey season dates in 2024. My biggest concern at this point in time is if the current regulations will stay in place long enough to accurately assess and measure impacts, as well as consider all other factors ([I]nesting habitat, weather, etc[/I]) during the time period. I am not holding my breath with the Commissioners calling the shots ([I]one wants this, another wants that, which one is the loudest senior ranking Commissioner in the meeting, etc[/I]). No one likes one knee-jerk reaction after the other from decision makers. On a different note, most lay people in SW TN despised the extreme hot drought we had last year (Jun/July/Aug). Based on a small sample size of trail camera data and visual observations in late summer, it appears our poults THRIVED, with some significance likely tied to this one single extreme weather event, so to speak. Nesting habitat and predator's were a constant last year, when compared to prior years, and last summer was just two years after statewide record [U]recorded[/U] harvest of 40k male birds [I](likely higher[/I]). Like others, at the end of the day, I want turkeys for our grandkids, but I am not convinced any SINGLE measure will make a dramatic impact. It's multifactorial and hopefully we can align enough measures to make a favorable impact for the years to come. Time will tell. [/QUOTE]
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