Head on over to the Turkeys For Tomorrow website and take our 2022 post season survey.
We are interested in information pertaining to turkeys and the tactics hunters use to harvest those birds. Please take some of your time and complete our survey, it should take less than 5 minutes, the last three questions are open ended, but not required. Your responses play a crucial part in determining future research sites and how we can best help the wild turkey. We have received 1500 responses as of today, but are only halfway to our goal of 3,000. If you could help us reach that goal we would appreciate it and a few lucky individuals who fill it out will be selected to receive some TFT Merch.
https://turkeysfortomorrow.org/spring-2022-turkey-survey/ (https://turkeysfortomorrow.org/spring-2022-turkey-survey/)
Done. Just for the record a little notification popped up saying congrats and I was voted the best looking male turkey hunter ever. I tried to screenshot it for proof but was too slow. Everyone will just have to take my word for it.
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Filled out all the questions except the one about "delusional crazy old grumpy men", don't think its right to put them in a padded cell, YET, see how they do with the new "jackets" first.
Filled out the survey.
Then I clicked on the Join Today tab. Wanted to see what membership all entails and the cost. All I saw was something about an elk hunt raffle and how to buy tickets. Nothing about joining or membership info. Seriously? That's so...so...NWTF.
Quote from: Treerooster on June 13, 2022, 07:38:16 PM
Filled out the survey.
Then I clicked on the Join Today tab. Wanted to see what it all entails and the cost. All I saw was something about an elk hunt raffle and to buy tickets where the membership wasn't included. Seriously?
I did the same thing. I would like to join..
done.
https://turkeysfortomorrow.org/membership-account/membership-levels/ (https://turkeysfortomorrow.org/membership-account/membership-levels/)
Sorry fellas, it seems like the join today tab on our website has rerouted to the 2022 membership drive tab... which happens to be an elk hunt to keep fundraising relevant to the time of year. Most guys stop thinking about turkeys in May as the focus switches to elk and whitetails. We are very clear in the description that the money raised from that membership drive goes to help wild turkeys, although it be a hunt for a trophy bull. If you have any questions as to our intent as an organization, I remind you that TFT is only 15 Months old and we already done the legwork to fund three research projects as well as others in the pipeline that we hope to announce before spring 2023. We are doing this to make a difference in the states we all hunt, we are all turkey hunters not guys who turkey hunt. I attached the membership only link above and I encourage you all to join, we can't fund projects and implement solutions without turkey hunters supporting us. Thank you for the feedback.
Quote from: TurkeysForTomorrow on June 13, 2022, 08:32:29 PM
https://turkeysfortomorrow.org/membership-account/membership-levels/ (https://turkeysfortomorrow.org/membership-account/membership-levels/)
Most guys stop thinking about turkeys in May as the focus switches to elk and whitetails.
Not me. ????
I just filled mine out but didn't like number 5, public or private land, what if you hunt both? and 18, are they doing research, yes. are they improving habitat, on some public land and no on some others.
Yall might want to post the survey over on Aldeer, like to see the response over there.
Done. Needed a few alternative options to choose here and there but I get the gist of it.
Quote from: Treerooster on June 13, 2022, 09:16:06 PM
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https://turkeysfortomorrow.org/membership-account/membership-levels/ (https://turkeysfortomorrow.org/membership-account/membership-levels/)
Most guys stop thinking about turkeys in May as the focus switches to elk and whitetails.
Not me. ????
I get picked on for reading about turkey during deer season.
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https://turkeysfortomorrow.org/membership-account/membership-levels/ (https://turkeysfortomorrow.org/membership-account/membership-levels/)
Most guys stop thinking about turkeys in May as the focus switches to elk and whitetails.
Not me. ????
I get picked on for reading about turkey during deer season.
Yep. I'm 24/7/365 on turkeys.
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Done! I hope the information we give them is applied and helps the turkey population.
I filled it out and joined. I would be interested in your study about deer corn in MS and mold. Seems like population started down around the time MS passed the law allowing feeders for deer
Thanks
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Quote from: wchadw on June 14, 2022, 08:33:05 AM
I filled it out and joined. I would be interested in your study about deer corn in MS and mold. Seems like population started down around the time MS passed the law allowing feeders for deer
Thanks
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I think corn is hell on turkeys and I think very few people recognize or admit it. You get to reading about aflatoxins from mold and I want to say it's twenty parts per million affects turkeys, but I might be wrong on that exact figure. Anyhow, you get to reading and the corn for human consumption basically can't show any. The corn that goes to dairy cattle can't show much. The corn that goes to hogs, non dairy cattle, etc. can show slightly higher levels. But the corn sold as deer corn, wildlife corn, what's in bird feed, etc. none of that corn is even tested. The stuff sold as deer corn and wildlife corn that so many are forcing down the throats of these birds is the stuff farmers couldn't sell to any other market because of aflatoxins. Add to that the way that corn increases the carrying capacity of a landscape for nest raiders like coons and possums and serves as high concentration centers for communicable diseases, and you've got a perpetuated threat that is hard to measure.
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Quote from: wchadw on June 14, 2022, 08:33:05 AM
I filled it out and joined. I would be interested in your study about deer corn in MS and mold. Seems like population started down around the time MS passed the law allowing feeders for deer
Thanks
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I think corn is hell on turkeys and I think very few people recognize or admit it. You get to reading about those spores and I want to say it's twenty parts per million affects turkeys, but I might be wrong on that exact figure. Anyhow, you get to reading and the corn for human consumption basically can't show any. The corn that goes to dairy cattle can't show much. The corn that goes to hogs, non dairy cattle, etc. can show slightly higher levels. But the corn sold as deer corn, wildlife corn, what's in bird feed, etc. none of that corn is even tested. The stuff sold as deer corn and wildlife corn that so many are forcing down the throats of these birds is the stuff farmers couldn't sell to any other market because of the spores. Add to that the way that corn increases the carrying capacity of a landscape for nest raiders like coons and possums and serves as high concentration centers for communicable diseases, and you've got a perpetuated threat that is hard to measure.
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Some good thoughts there that need to be explored.
Quote from: Treerooster on June 14, 2022, 10:37:17 AM
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Quote from: wchadw on June 14, 2022, 08:33:05 AM
I filled it out and joined. I would be interested in your study about deer corn in MS and mold. Seems like population started down around the time MS passed the law allowing feeders for deer
Thanks
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I think corn is hell on turkeys and I think very few people recognize or admit it. You get to reading about those spores and I want to say it's twenty parts per million affects turkeys, but I might be wrong on that exact figure. Anyhow, you get to reading and the corn for human consumption basically can't show any. The corn that goes to dairy cattle can't show much. The corn that goes to hogs, non dairy cattle, etc. can show slightly higher levels. But the corn sold as deer corn, wildlife corn, what's in bird feed, etc. none of that corn is even tested. The stuff sold as deer corn and wildlife corn that so many are forcing down the throats of these birds is the stuff farmers couldn't sell to any other market because of the spores. Add to that the way that corn increases the carrying capacity of a landscape for nest raiders like coons and possums and serves as high concentration centers for communicable diseases, and you've got a perpetuated threat that is hard to measure.
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Some good thoughts there that need to be explored.
Here was one of the papers I read on aflatoxin affects on wild turkeys, particularly poults, and it was parts per billion not million. Think about that. Parts per billion. https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-wildlife-diseases/volume-37/issue-3/0090-3558-37.3.657/Aflatoxin-Levels-in-Corn-Available-as-Wild-Turkey-Feed-in/10.7589/0090-3558-37.3.657.pdf
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Just would like to say Kudos to TFT for reaching out on the forum boards rather than just pandering to the yahoos in the Facebook groups. Seems whoever is running TFT social media/outreach is a little more in tune with the common turkey hunter than the college intern or media gal running NWTF social media.
The forums have always been a go-to for the most old school traditional turkey hunters, most of them aren't on Facebook bragging about great seasons, so in order to reach them we've adapted. If you do find yourself on Facebook or Instagram you'll find us there if you look, but we want to be approachable on EVERY outlet where turkey hunters are found. Thus, our push to be relevant on the hunting message boards... where most of the countries hunters are having serious discussions that they believe are contributing to the dwindling turkey populations we see nationwide.
Everyone at TFT monitors this and other hunt talk forums regularly, but we felt it was time we start posting our own threads as more and more individuals began to join our organization. We have big plans at TFT and hope everyone will join us, not only by purchasing a membership but contribute their ideas as well... it won't be long and we will have regional branches of TFT we've deemed "Roosts" and we will need people to run those.
So again, as we grow bare with us and contribute what you can, because we are just like most of you, we spend 50+ days a year in the turkey woods and we live and breathe turkey hunting. We were founded by turkey hunters and plan to listen to all of you as we grow. Thank you again to those of you who took the survey and have already signed up to support us. Your ideas are welcomed. I hope everyone is familiar with the quote "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them" by Albert Einstein... this is exactly the mentality we have when TFT says it will take all of us to turn this around. If you haven't yet I encourage everyone to go read TFT Founder, Ron Jolly's, first article "IF NOT YOU - WHO?" and pay attention to his explanation as to why he created the org that we now know as TFT.
https://turkeysfortomorrow.org/if-not-you-who/ (https://turkeysfortomorrow.org/if-not-you-who/)
I filled out the survey. I must say I'm happy to see you on here. I joined last year, got a window decal in the mail and that was the last I heard anything from tft until now. I had no plans to send you anymore money. Now I might!