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Re: State Turkey Stats
[Re: sasquatch1]
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04/30/21 12:34 PM
04/30/21 12:34 PM
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If it is at 14,000 now, then it's gonna end up very close to the 16,000 that were reported last season during the covid shutdown.
I don't think that they are getting more than about 30% of the actual kill reported on GC, and I don't see it improving. GC has made it a certainty that we will never again have a reliable harvest estimate.
If you think participation and reports are that low how many birds you think are getting killed?? I def agree reporting sucks but idk if it’s that low. I really don’t think we’ve been killing as many birds As always be presumed to be. I think Missouri gets real good reporting. And if they killing 40k idk if Alabama is really getting near that many. But I could be clueless And how does GC guarantee we never will have a reliable count? Which way would be better? I have my thoughts but curious to yours If they are killing 40k a year in Missouri, with a 2 bird limit, only 1 bird allowed the first week, and arguably less hunters, you really think we are killing less? I do yes. Because I believe they have more turkeys to start and that overall to the average hunter, it’s easier for them to kill 2 birds in MO then it is for them to kill 2 in Alabama. There’s a reason a lot of hunters, especially newer hunters travel to places like Missouri from places like Alabama. I remember my early days when I struggled to kill a bird anywhere, when I went to places like Missouri or Tennessee or out west it was easy. I think killing 5 or even over 2 is hard for probably 50% of turkey hunters. Just my belief I think the numbers are off for sure, just not by 70% What makes a turkey that lives Missouri easier to kill than a turkey that lives in Alabama? Serious question. I have always wondered stuff like that. Just more birds? Habitat that is more conducive to calling?
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