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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5594085" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>I've told this story before... but back in the early 2000s, neighbors bragged about killing 17 longbeards in the first 3 days of season (hunting over bait). Strangely enough, the population collapsed after that. They haven't hunted that 500ac farm in the past 5 years, just not enough turkeys to make it worth their while.</p><p></p><p>And yes, it was possible to kill that many... a couple years before, I worked 29 longbeards in 1 day (only around 10 or 12 came into gun range). Limit was 2, so I wasn't pulling the trigger on a bird unless it was the biggest on the farm. My 2 that year were a 26lb bird with 1.75in spurs and a 25 lb bird with 1.5in spurs. But I had the entire month of April off and turkey hunted every day except for 2 days.</p><p></p><p>I learned more about turkey hunting in that 1 spring due to number of encounters with toms than I could have learned in 20 springs in MS.... (except patience... there was no reason to be patient... if a bird didn't start coming in 15 minutes, just move on to the next tom over the hill and work him... hunting MS taught me patience for sure!!!!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5594085, member: 2805"] I've told this story before... but back in the early 2000s, neighbors bragged about killing 17 longbeards in the first 3 days of season (hunting over bait). Strangely enough, the population collapsed after that. They haven't hunted that 500ac farm in the past 5 years, just not enough turkeys to make it worth their while. And yes, it was possible to kill that many... a couple years before, I worked 29 longbeards in 1 day (only around 10 or 12 came into gun range). Limit was 2, so I wasn't pulling the trigger on a bird unless it was the biggest on the farm. My 2 that year were a 26lb bird with 1.75in spurs and a 25 lb bird with 1.5in spurs. But I had the entire month of April off and turkey hunted every day except for 2 days. I learned more about turkey hunting in that 1 spring due to number of encounters with toms than I could have learned in 20 springs in MS.... (except patience... there was no reason to be patient... if a bird didn't start coming in 15 minutes, just move on to the next tom over the hill and work him... hunting MS taught me patience for sure!!!!) [/QUOTE]
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