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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5832993" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Particularly agree with you about this!</p><p></p><p>When our TN season's opening was delayed 2 weeks last year (2023), even though our total harvest (at least total legally reported) increased, two differences:</p><p></p><p>1) More of those birds killed were via more average TN turkey hunters;</p><p>2) Fewer of those birds killed were via over decoys & illegal bait.</p><p></p><p>Because there wasn't as large an early-season non-resident slaughter of TN turkeys (more of those non-residents went to Mississippi in 2023), TN residents simply had more birds available. And because spring green-up was farther along 2 weeks later, decoys & illegal bait were simply less effective, providing more available living birds for the legal and/or traditional turkey hunters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5832993, member: 1409"] Particularly agree with you about this! When our TN season's opening was delayed 2 weeks last year (2023), even though our total harvest (at least total legally reported) increased, two differences: 1) More of those birds killed were via more average TN turkey hunters; 2) Fewer of those birds killed were via over decoys & illegal bait. Because there wasn't as large an early-season non-resident slaughter of TN turkeys (more of those non-residents went to Mississippi in 2023), TN residents simply had more birds available. And because spring green-up was farther along 2 weeks later, decoys & illegal bait were simply less effective, providing more available living birds for the legal and/or traditional turkey hunters. [/QUOTE]
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