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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5515265" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>After 30 plus years of turkey hunting in middle TN (several seasons of hunting 30 plus days during the entire 6 week season), the absolute BEST week to call toms in to the gun has been the 3rd weekend of the season (mid April). Multiple hens are breaking off from the flocks midday to lay, satellite birds are getting desperate to participate in breeding, and birds are more evenly distributed throughout the landscape. The problem has always been that 2/3 of the entire seasons kill is frontloaded into the first 9 days... that wasn't a problem when the population was triple what it is now, as there were plenty of toms left mid April to hunt. Now there are so few toms left alive by mid April, the quality of mid April hunting has drastically declined (because it's just plain harder to FIND a bird mid April).</p><p></p><p>With the new season structure, we get to hunt unpressured birds when they are the most desperate. It's going to be a LOT of fun for those who prefer hunting by traditional methods.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5515265, member: 2805"] After 30 plus years of turkey hunting in middle TN (several seasons of hunting 30 plus days during the entire 6 week season), the absolute BEST week to call toms in to the gun has been the 3rd weekend of the season (mid April). Multiple hens are breaking off from the flocks midday to lay, satellite birds are getting desperate to participate in breeding, and birds are more evenly distributed throughout the landscape. The problem has always been that 2/3 of the entire seasons kill is frontloaded into the first 9 days... that wasn't a problem when the population was triple what it is now, as there were plenty of toms left mid April to hunt. Now there are so few toms left alive by mid April, the quality of mid April hunting has drastically declined (because it's just plain harder to FIND a bird mid April). With the new season structure, we get to hunt unpressured birds when they are the most desperate. It's going to be a LOT of fun for those who prefer hunting by traditional methods. [/QUOTE]
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