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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5076299" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>This seems like a good thread to ponder another issue:</p><p></p><p>Urban Turkey Hunting</p><p></p><p>Already, most of TN's turkey hunters do more of their collective turkey hunting on relatively small private properties (small acreage, compared to most "public" hunting areas).</p><p></p><p>But in many TN counties, turkeys seem to be thriving as well or better in more "urban" areas, where property ownership acreage is even smaller than in much the rest of these same counties.</p><p></p><p>Not talking about "downtown" anywhere, but rather those areas that tend to be near the "city limits" (both small towns & larger cities). These areas tend to be dotted with typical housing subdivisions (each home having 1/2 to 1 1/2 acres), but separated by small acreages, typically home after home, each having 2 to 20 acres with their homes.</p><p></p><p>The majority of these homeowners (or landowners) do not turkey hunt.</p><p>But many will allow others to hunt their property, "archery only".</p><p></p><p>So here's the question to all us "traditional" turkey hunters, who have most enjoyed "run & gun" style turkey hunting on turkey lands containing thousands of acres of contiguous property we can turkey hunt:</p><p></p><p>Is it as "ethical" for a guy to sit in a pop-up blind with archery equipment,</p><p>as it is for any of us to "run & gun" over thousands of acres?</p><p></p><p>In fact, I know an avid turkey hunter who does 100% of his turkey hunting with a regular bow, and not just on small properties, but public lands, limiting out annually in multiple states! If he had his way, shotguns would be made illegal, because to him, they are a "crutch", and it's just too easy to kill turkeys the way the "traditional" turkey hunters do it with a shotgun.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, a growing number of people are finding they have the opportunity to frequently turkey hunt in either their own backyards or a neighbor's backyard, but their hunting acreage may be only a couple acres, <em>AND</em> "archery only".</p><p></p><p>Whether you think you would ever personally do this, or not, may be "beside the point".</p><p>As the point is, their doing this frequently does reduce how often they turkey hunting on public lands, in addition to that "convenience" providing them a lot of hunting "opportunity".</p><p></p><p>I just look at this somewhat like a different kind of fishing.</p><p>If I have to fish in a different way to get to fish, still maybe better than not getting to fish at all?</p><p></p><p>I might prefer to go fish for big tarpon in the ocean, but it's much more convenient, much more opportunity, to go catch some bass or bream in a convenient lake or the neighborhood pond. And it's a heck of a lot more convenient to introduce someone to either fishing or hunting, when it's convenient for both you and them.</p><p></p><p>"Easy" and/or "Convenient" isn't all bad.</p><p>Sometimes it's all there is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5076299, member: 1409"] This seems like a good thread to ponder another issue: Urban Turkey Hunting Already, most of TN's turkey hunters do more of their collective turkey hunting on relatively small private properties (small acreage, compared to most "public" hunting areas). But in many TN counties, turkeys seem to be thriving as well or better in more "urban" areas, where property ownership acreage is even smaller than in much the rest of these same counties. Not talking about "downtown" anywhere, but rather those areas that tend to be near the "city limits" (both small towns & larger cities). These areas tend to be dotted with typical housing subdivisions (each home having 1/2 to 1 1/2 acres), but separated by small acreages, typically home after home, each having 2 to 20 acres with their homes. The majority of these homeowners (or landowners) do not turkey hunt. But many will allow others to hunt their property, "archery only". So here's the question to all us "traditional" turkey hunters, who have most enjoyed "run & gun" style turkey hunting on turkey lands containing thousands of acres of contiguous property we can turkey hunt: Is it as "ethical" for a guy to sit in a pop-up blind with archery equipment, as it is for any of us to "run & gun" over thousands of acres? In fact, I know an avid turkey hunter who does 100% of his turkey hunting with a regular bow, and not just on small properties, but public lands, limiting out annually in multiple states! If he had his way, shotguns would be made illegal, because to him, they are a "crutch", and it's just too easy to kill turkeys the way the "traditional" turkey hunters do it with a shotgun. Anyway, a growing number of people are finding they have the opportunity to frequently turkey hunt in either their own backyards or a neighbor's backyard, but their hunting acreage may be only a couple acres, [I]AND[/I] "archery only". Whether you think you would ever personally do this, or not, may be "beside the point". As the point is, their doing this frequently does reduce how often they turkey hunting on public lands, in addition to that "convenience" providing them a lot of hunting "opportunity". I just look at this somewhat like a different kind of fishing. If I have to fish in a different way to get to fish, still maybe better than not getting to fish at all? I might prefer to go fish for big tarpon in the ocean, but it's much more convenient, much more opportunity, to go catch some bass or bream in a convenient lake or the neighborhood pond. And it's a heck of a lot more convenient to introduce someone to either fishing or hunting, when it's convenient for both you and them. "Easy" and/or "Convenient" isn't all bad. Sometimes it's all there is. [/QUOTE]
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