Curious - If planning an out of state hunt would it make any difference if you were only allowed one bird even if residents could kill two or more.? For me - no - I think I may be more selective and just be happy to be there. A secondary reason is the transport of game. When planning a trip last May to WY a concern was, if successful, how to get the bird from Denver to Tampa on an airliner. I was planning on a soft cooler and a fee for an extra bag. Going to be a hassle. Multiple birds would have increased the problem. Side note - while planning this trip I talked with a ranch manager about a non-guided hunt. When she heard I was coming from Florida she asked if I was driving. She hoped I was since she had several clients from fall antelope hunts that still had meat in storage lockers. They flew in and didn't consider how to get the meat home. Ooops. One bird would be plenty for me. Tagging out on day one would make me a tourist or observer to others in the group. Not a big deal.
I would definitely still go if the limit was one bird. Wouldn't bother me in the least. Once tagged out it's time to relax around the camp, do some fishing and just enjoy being away from the everyday life. I killed my one antelope in Wyoming and one bear in Maine and really enjoyed just being in camp with many others after the hunt . That's where some of the best memories are made. The actual kill means very little to me these days.
I would absolutely still go. One bird is plenty. I never go on a hunt where I am thinking about killing more than one gobbler. It is always about the hunt, not about the body count. I would be just fine with one-bird limits for nonresidents in all states. I would, however, try to have a "contingency plan" in place to jump to another state if I was on a long trip and killed that single bird early in the hunt.
Agree, it's all about the hunt and seeing new ground and meeting people.. I would definitely go..
Definitely would go. Wouldn't change my attitude at all. One's plenty, though as mentioned I might jump the state line and hunt / explore new ground.
I would still go with a one bird limit- I like to enjoy the scenery and maybe go with a buddy to call or watch !
I've never hunted birds in a state that I couldn't drive to in a couple hours. Having said that, I plan to start. REALLY SOON!!! Highly doubt it would change my mind at all.
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I hunted 3 states this year with a single bird limit, resident or non resident! It is basically a matter of convenience!
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Honestly, it would depend on the distance for me if I was hunting solo. I drive a minimum of 2,000 miles each year to hunt Alabama, and have on many occasions, bagged only one bird, and a few times, come home without firing a shot. That's fine, because I hunt with my buddy who lives there, so the trip is as much social as it is a hunting trip.
I would probably not drive that far to camp in the woods by myself with a one bird limit.
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Yes I would go! I live in Tennessee and let's say I went to Nebraska for a Merriam and flew to Omaha. I would donate the meat and just get the tail, beard and spurs mounted. And pay for the shipping from a a taxidermist to Tennessee. Has long has the meat doesn't go to waste and goes to someone that wants or needs it I see no problem. Where I live we are overrun with deer and can kill three does a day. I typically kill 3 to 4 extra does a year and donate them to the Hunters for the Hungry program in Tennessee and on Fort Campbell Army Base for the lower ranking soldiers with families. A couple of does worth of meat can mean a lot to some of these young soldiers with families and those in need in my community.
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Yes I would and I currently do...
I would still go. It's the trip more than the bird.
On transporting
I pack a canvas bag of my gear and put it in a 32 qt cooler taped shut and that is my checked bag. If I kill a bird or birds on a hunt and I can freeze it I do. When I come home I put sealed bags of ice in the bottom and my turkey meat on it and usually still have room for my gear bag in a garbage bag to protect from moisture. If not I just check it. It's all in the cost of a hunt. I always take duct tape to seal up the cooler. I have my name, address, and phone number written in permanent ink on the cooler lid. I put a description of the meat (species, sex etc.), place killed, date and any license info in a zip lock bag just under the lid. Never had a question or problem. The meat is cold and secure when I arrive. I have had a couple times I can tell the cooler was opened and resealed with TSA tape, but no one ever asked me about it. Just take care of the details and you'll do fine. I bet you could pack a whole doe deer, boned out, in a cooler. My buddy and I have had as many as 4 gobblers in the cooler. We debone all ours.
Yea I would still go. and the soft cooler i think is just fine.
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If I were planning on a one state hunt, that would probably define the hunt. I would look towards another state to hunt. With the exception of Florida, you can find a hunt with a multiple turkey limit of all subspecies. For now, Florida has a multiple bird limit.
I have made a friend in Florida, this may be the exception. I enjoy his company, and hanging out with him. I am ready to hunt and this is the earliest I can get in the woods. So for now, I love Florida. One bird in Florida wouldn't matter to me.
I hunt along, if I leave my house to hunt turkeys, I am 90% alone. If I drive 1500 miles, believe me, I come to kill turkeys. If I drive 100 miles, I come to kill turkeys. If I walk out my backdoor, I come to kill turkeys. I am not going to in the near future, spend 2-3K to kill one turkey, when I can go elsewhere and kill more. To me that's just dumb.
With the above comment of being dumb. Let me expand on that. I, as most of us, have a limited amount of time I can hunt. If I plan a out of state hunt, I plan for the worse case. I plan of turkeys being tough. I plan on bad weather. I plan on dumb people in the woods. I plan on this effecting my hunt! I also plan on killing a turkey, or more. I give myself maximum time to do this, "Vacation time". How can you account for killing a turkey on the first day 15 minutes into the season? You stop? You go home? Months of preparation/scouting, you go home? This may work for the people paying a guide, but I do not, I am DIY. I am sorry, I enjoy flopping turkeys. I will seek out a place with a more liberal bag limit. They will get my money.
I go turkey hunting to kill turkeys, or get them killed. That is what I enjoy about turkey hunting, that is the culmination of the hunt. When the majority of the states adopt a 1 bird limit, I will concede. Until then I will hunt states with a multiple bird limit.
I've hunted one bird states in the past and will continue to do so in the future. The experience of the hunt far outweighs the need to kill multiple turkey's on a hunt, to justify the cost, time and distance traveled.
I've killed 2, 3, and 4 in one sit. And I honestly don't enjoy carrying out 100lbs extra on my back for over a mile. I would just soon kill 1 than to do that foolishness again. If a state allows more than 1 gobbler by all means I'm going to go after another but after I clean the first one at the truck/camp. I honestly enjoy the states that are a one bird limit and it wouldn't stop me from hunting them again.
makes absolutely no difference. theres a 99% chance its one and done for me in any given state anyway. Perhaps if its a paid hunt which is rare , but lets use texas as an example where you kind of are paying for a multi bird hunt then yes it matters as a paying customer. I wish my state would limit non res to 1 bird.
Yes. It's not about the limit for me. It's about the hunt. The way it should be....
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The chase (aka...learning experience's), gets me excited more than a kill. 1 and done is good for me.
Yes I'd go. Probably have a plan for stopping by another state on the way home.
Heck yeah, I'm still going. I'm happy with one bird in any state that I travel to, no matter the total bag limit. I'm just thrilled to be hunting.
Transporting: I drive everywhere I hunt so I use coolers to transport the birds. I carry a vacuum sealer with me and package all of my meat with it. Makes for a much more compact and efficient way to pack the meat in the coolers, especially on those long, multi-state trips when I might harvest multiple gobblers. It's especially nice when I return home and all I have to do is move the packages to the freezer.
Quote from: joey46 on June 20, 2021, 02:00:59 PM
Curious - If planning an out of state hunt would it make any difference if you were only allowed one bird even if residents could kill two or more.? For me - no - I think I may be more selective and just be happy to be there. A secondary reason is the transport of game. When planning a trip last May to WY a concern was, if successful, how to get the bird from Denver to Tampa on an airliner. I was planning on a soft cooler and a fee for an extra bag. Going to be a hassle. Multiple birds would have increased the problem. Side note - while planning this trip I talked with a ranch manager about a non-guided hunt. When she heard I was coming from Florida she asked if I was driving. She hoped I was since she had several clients from fall antelope hunts that still had meat in storage lockers. They flew in and didn't consider how to get the meat home. Ooops. One bird would be plenty for me. Tagging out on day one would make me a tourist or observer to others in the group. Not a big deal.
Yes I would go and I did last month. It wasn't about the bag limit or filling the tag it's because our awesome God created us for the adventure.
I feel like if you go out of state for a short trip and you're already thinking about multiple birds, you'll probably come home without one. Just my experience
I'm going. I'm very happy with one bird. Just the chance I called him within range and let him walk knowing I could have taken is as much fun for me.
Yes, absolutely the way I hunt now. if I were to use an outfitter then no
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The out of state hunts I currently do have 1 bird limits. So yes, I would/will.
I enjoy the hunt and I like multiple birds. If it were going to a one bird destination I would swing by another state or two. Reason being I have planned the hunt, spent the money and time so would maximize my efforts. Why can you not enjoy the hunt while harvesting multiple birds? I can lay around at home but never on a hunt.
Same thing with big game I am going after multiple animals and will hunt hard. Sitting in camp "no way."
I'd absolutely still go and I'd happily pay MORE to offset the revenue that would be lost from hunters who wouldn't buy the license.
The more I hunt the more I appreciate quality experiences. More turkey seen and more turkeys heard is what I enjoy the most. Sadly, we move farther and farther away from that each year in many places around the country.
Just go.....throw a rock at your first bird and then you can shoot the second.......It's all about calling them up , right ?
I like that Salty, but I won't be doing it. LOL
I said earlier I would go anyway for the experience, but if two birds are an option I am definitely hunting the second bird. If I counted I believe I have probably made between 100-125 out-of-state hunting trips. Of these, I am betting 75% resulted in one bird or less regardless of limit. Many trips I killed zero. I doubt I have averaged even one bird per trip. So I prefer the states that allow two birds, because it means more hunting and more bang for my buck. However, it's the destination I am after as much as the bird. I have places I want to hunt. In most cases I decide I want to hunt a destination and then I check regulations like limits. I have never really chose on how many birds I could kill. It's not a criteria that is a game changer. It's simply not an issue with me.
Quote from: saltysenior on June 22, 2021, 07:58:11 PM
Just go.....throw a rock at your first bird and then you can shoot the second.......It's all about calling them up , right ?
Wouldn't get to use my new gun then, oh oh I could use my left arm to throw see if that works.
Loose lips = more regulations. Hunter recruitment sounded wonderful. Until it happened and now states are scrambling to decrease hunting opportunity to make up for all the new licenses being sold. One bird limits are likely gonna be the norm in the next 5 years ago. But 5 years ago I'd called you crazy if you told me that. Then I saw spring thunder and later the pinhoti project pop up. I was concerned after what I've seen happen to my states public duck hunting from YouTube and social media. I saw these guys filming on familiar places hunting turkeys. I saw them show maps with locations right on them. I saw them in the places I had hunted for nearly 20 years. Within a year the crowds doubled in the spots they had pimped and I moved onto other areas in an effort to find some peace. And that worked ok, still more leafy shirt wearing fan boys but not in great numbers. Then comes covid and stimulus checks. It was like gas on a fire for traveling/turkey hunting. And now here we are with all these new hunters and newly fad following traveling hunters.......talking about how wonderful a one turkey limit is. Cheers
We did it for years, 24hr drive to the Black Hills. We ate nearly every bird at camp and gave any extra to the owner of the cabin we rented. Pretty nice to not have to deal w meat issues all week and transporting it so far. It's so beautiful out there, I'd almost do it if all I could carry in the woods was a camera.