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Question bird population vs harvest
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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5844308" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Oh, don't get me wrong... I LOVE to kill 1.5in spurred birds... which is why I make sure I leave at least 50% of adult males each year alive on my farms at the end of the season. Not just to ensure ALL the hens willing to breed as late as July get bred, but also to have some long spurred warriors to chase the following year.</p><p></p><p>BUT, from a strictly biological standpoint... you can literally kill every single adult male (NOT the juveniles) and not affect the population, as long as they are killed after the bulk of hens are fertilized. And the great thing is... the jakes that were infertile during April (if protected) have often become sexually mature and capable of fertilizing renrsting hens and jennies in June.</p><p></p><p>Now I'm not advocating getting rid of limits on adult males. It's good to spread the harvest out amongst many hunters instead of one hunter killing 10 or 15 while his neighbors kill nothing... but what I am saying is WHEN toms are killed is MUCH, MUCH, MUCH more important than HOW MANY toms are killed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5844308, member: 2805"] Oh, don't get me wrong... I LOVE to kill 1.5in spurred birds... which is why I make sure I leave at least 50% of adult males each year alive on my farms at the end of the season. Not just to ensure ALL the hens willing to breed as late as July get bred, but also to have some long spurred warriors to chase the following year. BUT, from a strictly biological standpoint... you can literally kill every single adult male (NOT the juveniles) and not affect the population, as long as they are killed after the bulk of hens are fertilized. And the great thing is... the jakes that were infertile during April (if protected) have often become sexually mature and capable of fertilizing renrsting hens and jennies in June. Now I'm not advocating getting rid of limits on adult males. It's good to spread the harvest out amongst many hunters instead of one hunter killing 10 or 15 while his neighbors kill nothing... but what I am saying is WHEN toms are killed is MUCH, MUCH, MUCH more important than HOW MANY toms are killed. [/QUOTE]
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