Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New Trophy's
New trophy room comments
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Classifieds
Trophy Room
New items
New comments
Latest content
Latest updates
Latest reviews
Author list
Series list
Search showcase
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Long Beards & Spurs
Nesting data
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4605862" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I actually agree with you :tu: </p><p></p><p>But, believe it is an overlooked piece to the puzzle,</p><p>small piece, but maybe not as small as some are thinking.</p><p></p><p>Acknowledging that this collateral damage issue isn't new,</p><p>what I'm saying is the frequency has likely increased as we moved away</p><p>from more "traditional" turkey hunting (gobbler called up and shot at close range).</p><p></p><p>Today, a higher percentage of the birds killed are "stalked & sniped",</p><p>"reaped", and/or shot in the middle of a feeding flock from a permanent or portable blind.</p><p>And considering the longer ranges on average, more collateral wounding?</p><p></p><p>Also, I'm not just talking about birds being killed and observed dying.</p><p><em>ANY </em>wounding can lead to death days later, with the shooter being totally unaware it happened.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I'm wrong.</p><p>Maybe the average turkey hunter would never shoot at a longbeard when another turkey is nearby,</p><p>maybe he would never shoot unless the background were a clear, open field void of turkeys.</p><p>Maybe this is just hard to relate to if you're not the typical average turkey hunter afield?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4605862, member: 1409"] I actually agree with you :tu: But, believe it is an overlooked piece to the puzzle, small piece, but maybe not as small as some are thinking. Acknowledging that this collateral damage issue isn't new, what I'm saying is the frequency has likely increased as we moved away from more "traditional" turkey hunting (gobbler called up and shot at close range). Today, a higher percentage of the birds killed are "stalked & sniped", "reaped", and/or shot in the middle of a feeding flock from a permanent or portable blind. And considering the longer ranges on average, more collateral wounding? Also, I'm not just talking about birds being killed and observed dying. [i]ANY [/i]wounding can lead to death days later, with the shooter being totally unaware it happened. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe the average turkey hunter would never shoot at a longbeard when another turkey is nearby, maybe he would never shoot unless the background were a clear, open field void of turkeys. Maybe this is just hard to relate to if you're not the typical average turkey hunter afield? [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Long Beards & Spurs
Nesting data
Top