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<blockquote data-quote="PalsPal" data-source="post: 5322083" data-attributes="member: 12242"><p>Yeah, that Captain Hook was a blow hard <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> !</p><p></p><p>Now, CH did raise some very good questions concerning the data. so no need to rehash those.</p><p></p><p>I just wanted to point out that, in case anyone is confused, the <strong>"gobblers in the harvest" </strong>refers the percentage of gobblers to the total harvest of a particular year. So, a year with 90% means that 90% of the total harvest was adult gobblers, not an estimate of 90% of the all the gobblers in the state were killed. </p><p></p><p>So, jakes used to make up more of the overall harvest. Still leads one to the conclusion that we have become more efficient at killing the adult gobbler, but that should mean that more jakes survive to the next year.</p><p></p><p>The problem occurs when the breeding gobblers are killed before they have had ample time to breed the majority of the hens. Now, many of them will eventually get bred, but many will not resulting in fewer poults.</p><p></p><p>That puts even more emphasis for the need that those poults survive.</p><p></p><p>So, as has been mentioned, there are several factors that can contribute to various pieces of the puzzle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PalsPal, post: 5322083, member: 12242"] Yeah, that Captain Hook was a blow hard :D ! Now, CH did raise some very good questions concerning the data. so no need to rehash those. I just wanted to point out that, in case anyone is confused, the [B]"gobblers in the harvest" [/B]refers the percentage of gobblers to the total harvest of a particular year. So, a year with 90% means that 90% of the total harvest was adult gobblers, not an estimate of 90% of the all the gobblers in the state were killed. So, jakes used to make up more of the overall harvest. Still leads one to the conclusion that we have become more efficient at killing the adult gobbler, but that should mean that more jakes survive to the next year. The problem occurs when the breeding gobblers are killed before they have had ample time to breed the majority of the hens. Now, many of them will eventually get bred, but many will not resulting in fewer poults. That puts even more emphasis for the need that those poults survive. So, as has been mentioned, there are several factors that can contribute to various pieces of the puzzle. [/QUOTE]
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