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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5642784" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Don't have the link, but bases on my recollections of the data presented by turkey coordinator Shields on the 2 week delay in TN for the MS River zone, and the southern middle TN zone....</p><p></p><p>The delay was positive in the MS River zone with increased reproduction and population numbers over what was their baseline compared to the rest of the state....</p><p></p><p>The delay in southern middle TN resulted in increased poult recruitment, but not statistically significant compared to the rest of the state... in other words, inconclusive.</p><p></p><p>There really aren't any definitive studies proving delaying season opening provides any real world benefit yet. But the converse is also true, AND proven... delaying season opening is not hurting hunting success. One could argue that delaying season opening actually INCREASES hunting success SIGNIFICANTLY for opening weekend. I'm not sure TN has EVER killed 10,000 birds in just 2 days before this springs opener. OFC, all thos birds killed were a product of the traditional past opener. It will be at least 2 years before any benefit in gobbler populations can be realized.</p><p></p><p>Arkansas was a prime example cited in the past by the 'delay makes no difference in population trends' group... until this year... AR killed more birds than they have in a long time this year... which gives me hope... as bad as AR had gotten after being covered up in birds back in the early 2000s, it looks like they may actually be recovering. (Too early to say for sure... so cautious optimism)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5642784, member: 2805"] Don't have the link, but bases on my recollections of the data presented by turkey coordinator Shields on the 2 week delay in TN for the MS River zone, and the southern middle TN zone.... The delay was positive in the MS River zone with increased reproduction and population numbers over what was their baseline compared to the rest of the state.... The delay in southern middle TN resulted in increased poult recruitment, but not statistically significant compared to the rest of the state... in other words, inconclusive. There really aren't any definitive studies proving delaying season opening provides any real world benefit yet. But the converse is also true, AND proven... delaying season opening is not hurting hunting success. One could argue that delaying season opening actually INCREASES hunting success SIGNIFICANTLY for opening weekend. I'm not sure TN has EVER killed 10,000 birds in just 2 days before this springs opener. OFC, all thos birds killed were a product of the traditional past opener. It will be at least 2 years before any benefit in gobbler populations can be realized. Arkansas was a prime example cited in the past by the 'delay makes no difference in population trends' group... until this year... AR killed more birds than they have in a long time this year... which gives me hope... as bad as AR had gotten after being covered up in birds back in the early 2000s, it looks like they may actually be recovering. (Too early to say for sure... so cautious optimism) [/QUOTE]
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