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<blockquote data-quote="deerfever" data-source="post: 5061693" data-attributes="member: 13434"><p>If I am reading correctly Alabama just proposed no decoys or fans the first 10 days of the season beginning 2022. The season will start March 25 and go 45 days and the limit went from 5 to 4. There you go! That is the best of both worlds . Now I am getting this from their turkey hunting website that is similar to TNDEER so don't hold me to it the meeting was today so it should be published soon. The first part with the decoys could be a compromise that might get by the commission here in TN. Put the decoys away early so not as many dominant birds get killed before breeding is complete then let the decoy people have at it. Alabama has went from opening March 15 to March 25 if this is passed Now with that being said the original date went from March 15 to the 3rd Saturday in March for instance this year is March 20 and had nothing to do with Turkey biology but a new regime didn't believe it was fair to open the season through the week because so many people had to work. This proposed move to the 25th does have to do I believe with the study they have done on various WMA in the state. I hunt 3 of them that have been in the study and 2 that were not . Basically now the season would start when the WMA study seasons have been starting. So they will open when our juvenile hunt takes place and TN opens the next weekend. It puts us a week behind Alabama if passed which seems about right to me but again if studies prove me wrong I am game to move. Now to answer your question , you are correct that my no decoy , no jake agenda is just a theory as far as poult production but I think it's a fact that less turkey would be killed and more would survive to breed. I believe it is a pretty high percentage that use decoys because I think they have been pushed hard since the 90s and it's all some know. I may be wrong but I bet 50 percent atleast use them( probably more) especially your new turkey hunters. In the end I think habitat and nest predators have gotten worse for turkey also in different areas and caused some big time issues. Again my more liberal trapping seasons. I don't have all or probably any of the answers . I can't explain why I have seen the population rise in places and others have seen there area waste away . In the end I do hope they come up with the best solution for all of us !</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deerfever, post: 5061693, member: 13434"] If I am reading correctly Alabama just proposed no decoys or fans the first 10 days of the season beginning 2022. The season will start March 25 and go 45 days and the limit went from 5 to 4. There you go! That is the best of both worlds . Now I am getting this from their turkey hunting website that is similar to TNDEER so don't hold me to it the meeting was today so it should be published soon. The first part with the decoys could be a compromise that might get by the commission here in TN. Put the decoys away early so not as many dominant birds get killed before breeding is complete then let the decoy people have at it. Alabama has went from opening March 15 to March 25 if this is passed Now with that being said the original date went from March 15 to the 3rd Saturday in March for instance this year is March 20 and had nothing to do with Turkey biology but a new regime didn't believe it was fair to open the season through the week because so many people had to work. This proposed move to the 25th does have to do I believe with the study they have done on various WMA in the state. I hunt 3 of them that have been in the study and 2 that were not . Basically now the season would start when the WMA study seasons have been starting. So they will open when our juvenile hunt takes place and TN opens the next weekend. It puts us a week behind Alabama if passed which seems about right to me but again if studies prove me wrong I am game to move. Now to answer your question , you are correct that my no decoy , no jake agenda is just a theory as far as poult production but I think it's a fact that less turkey would be killed and more would survive to breed. I believe it is a pretty high percentage that use decoys because I think they have been pushed hard since the 90s and it's all some know. I may be wrong but I bet 50 percent atleast use them( probably more) especially your new turkey hunters. In the end I think habitat and nest predators have gotten worse for turkey also in different areas and caused some big time issues. Again my more liberal trapping seasons. I don't have all or probably any of the answers . I can't explain why I have seen the population rise in places and others have seen there area waste away . In the end I do hope they come up with the best solution for all of us ! [/QUOTE]
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