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General Forum / Re: States battle it out for m...

Last post by bwhana - Today at 07:40:12 PM

I'm playing the devil's advocate to a degree with this reply so don't shoot the messenger, but with decreasing hunting land in general across the country resulting in more crowded lands for resident hunters, something has to change from the good ole days of free for all. If that means pricing out non-residents, so be it. Have YouTubers contributed to the problem, certainly in some situations, but you can't rationally put the sole blame on them. Reduced pressure and harvest is good, no matter how is achieved. Everything cost more than ever and to expect licenses not to follow suit is burying your head in the sand. Just think about how much the vehicle you drive to hunt in costs now versus a few years ago. Everything goes up!

I personally believe the biggest issue is the state agencies and biologists have been asleep at the wheel for far too long and they rode the population boom without enough study on keeping it up and now all of the sudden need more time and $ to study and find solutions as they panic. I would love to see states close an entire season with actual population surveys before and after to prove beyond a doubt that hunters taking gobblers is a significant cause of the population declines. If you don't shoot any for a year and the population is still trending down, it kills that argument permanently and forces them to address the other factors faster. The reduction of non-resident hunters is just an easy knee-jerk action that may not change the population trends at all.

In the end, we all want more birds, but very few present factual solutions beyond the usual suspects.

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General Forum / Re: States battle it out for m...

Last post by akp - Today at 06:59:19 PM

And non residents have to now sign in online before hunting WMAs.

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Turkey Call Classifieds / Re: Tube Calls

Last post by Spring Creek Calls - Today at 05:12:27 PM

Will sell individually for $15..

#4

Fall Turkey Hunters Forum / Re: Nebraska fall season succe...

Last post by eggshell - Today at 04:48:36 PM

Sorry but that's a cow not a gobbler, but better eating if the farmer doesn't shoot you over it....just kidding and having fun

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Turkey Hunting Tips ,Strategies & Methods / Re: FALL TURKEY SEASON - Discu...

Last post by eggshell - Today at 04:45:16 PM

Went to Ky Monday and got in a snow storm. Birds were not where we thought they'd be. We headed home by noon, because we hadn't found even a track in any of our spots and the roads were getting slick. May head back Thursday and Friday, may just call it a season too.

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Miscellaneous Classified / Re: Scent Blocker Finisher MO ...

Last post by NightHawk24 - Today at 03:53:48 PM

$30 TYD

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General Forum / Re: Canadian question

Last post by Swampmonkey - Today at 12:09:32 PM

If you hand load your shells, I'm pretty sure you can get around with it very easily... Just load 9's in some factory looking 7's or greater shell and how could they know... Anyways, will you really be checked by someone...?

That's kinda what I was thinking. Surely they won't be cutting open shells just to check shot size

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Turkey Hunting Tips ,Strategies & Methods / Re: FALL TURKEY SEASON - Discu...

Last post by boatpaddle - Today at 10:45:35 AM

To shorten the fall learning curve.

Buy the 2 hour CD of fall hunting by Denny Gulvas.

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General Forum / Re: Canadian question

Last post by Turkeybutt - Today at 09:09:31 AM

I wouldn't expect anything less from the two of you!
I'll check Amazon to see if I can pick up a few of those fake glasses, nose and mustache combos in the hopes the two of you can cross the Canadian boarder
unscathed. Add a wool hat and a bandanna and we got Cheech and Chong going turkey hunting!

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General Forum / Re: States battle it out for m...

Last post by arkrem870 - Today at 04:51:02 AM

Imagine that.....loose lips do sink ships.