The old adage 'be careful what you wish for " certainly comes to mind. I've read posting after posting on this forum complaining about how social media is ruining turkey hunting in general and your local area in particular, but most people were so short sighted in their views, they didn't stop to think that the solution to the problem was likely going to rain on their parade as well.
Dropping the limit for nonresidents and not for residents, does little or nothing to help the turkey population, nor does making license costs prohibitive. In my opinion, it only benefits three groups of people, the first being the resident hunter who has no desire to travel, likely a fairly large percentage of hunters in most states. The second is the anti hunter who would like to see all hunting banned and is overjoyed when any overly restrictive regulation makes it tougher to do so. The third are the well heeled. Those fortunate enough to be in a position where cost is not a factor are not going to hunt less, they will just go to more states and enter more lotteries and purchase more limited availability tags than they might have before making it even tougher for the average Joe to hunt in the future.
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