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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4762540" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I totally agree with SCN, especially with the final summary paragraph . . . . .</p><p></p><p></p><p>Exactly.</p><p></p><p>I would also add some other factors:</p><p></p><p>1) More effective weapons (with more effective loads) ---- effective range has increase about 50%?</p><p></p><p>2) The use of more convenient, very effective pop-up blinds.</p><p>Not only are these effective in hiding movement,</p><p>but they allow for more "comfort" sitting in a comfortable chair.</p><p>This has led to more time being spent afield by turkey hunters (compared to times past pre-pop-up).</p><p></p><p>3) While we're talking about comfort & "hiding" from our quarry,</p><p>we also have more comfortable, higher-tech clothing, footwear, and rainwear as well.</p><p>Add to this the "turkey lounger" seat which can allow even a "traditional" run & gun turkey hunter to sit comfortably for hours on end without needing to reposition due to numb body parts.</p><p></p><p>4) The increased use of more effective "killing" tactics (some of which may be more about just killing than simple hunting).</p><p>Such tactics can include "reaping" and the use of remote-controlled decoys.</p><p></p><p>5) Increased corn feeding ---- this is leading to increased turkey mortality</p><p></p><p>6) And lastly, shorter learning curves in learning how to quickly go kill turkeys (particularly by novice hunters),</p><p>via such learning tools as YouTube and turkey-killing dvds, etc.</p><p></p><p>In short, it's simply much easier and much quicker today for a novice hunter to quickly become a turkey killer.</p><p>And our woods & fields today are filled with lots of novice hunters killing lots of turkeys.</p><p>This didn't happen so quickly in times past.</p><p></p><p>Ironically, more traditional "run & gun" style turkey hunting still requires a relatively long learning curve,</p><p>it's just that it's not the hunting "style" most turkey killers are using today?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4762540, member: 1409"] I totally agree with SCN, especially with the final summary paragraph . . . . . Exactly. I would also add some other factors: 1) More effective weapons (with more effective loads) ---- effective range has increase about 50%? 2) The use of more convenient, very effective pop-up blinds. Not only are these effective in hiding movement, but they allow for more "comfort" sitting in a comfortable chair. This has led to more time being spent afield by turkey hunters (compared to times past pre-pop-up). 3) While we're talking about comfort & "hiding" from our quarry, we also have more comfortable, higher-tech clothing, footwear, and rainwear as well. Add to this the "turkey lounger" seat which can allow even a "traditional" run & gun turkey hunter to sit comfortably for hours on end without needing to reposition due to numb body parts. 4) The increased use of more effective "killing" tactics (some of which may be more about just killing than simple hunting). Such tactics can include "reaping" and the use of remote-controlled decoys. 5) Increased corn feeding ---- this is leading to increased turkey mortality 6) And lastly, shorter learning curves in learning how to quickly go kill turkeys (particularly by novice hunters), via such learning tools as YouTube and turkey-killing dvds, etc. In short, it's simply much easier and much quicker today for a novice hunter to quickly become a turkey killer. And our woods & fields today are filled with lots of novice hunters killing lots of turkeys. This didn't happen so quickly in times past. Ironically, more traditional "run & gun" style turkey hunting still requires a relatively long learning curve, it's just that it's not the hunting "style" most turkey killers are using today? [/QUOTE]
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