I think if there were 5000 Dave’s it wouldn’t change what’s happening. Yeah, it sucks that so many people hunt now , but old timers were complaining about too many hunters from 1990 to 2010. Heck the difference is that now there aren’t as many bird so the pissedoffedness is at a level that can’t be overcome. I grew up within walking distance of the West Point corp land and you could get on birds every day there in the late 90s. I can’t remember the last time I’ve heard or seen a turkey there, or even heard of one being killed. YouTube attention whores or not, it is not ever going to be like to good ole days. That sh...t is over and out.
Same thing happened to duck hunting AR in the 90’s long before the internet and Duck Dynasty the Cache and White River bottoms became federal refuges and the chit show began. I left AR in the late 90s because of it. Sadly it was all public land before it all hit but folks were nice and respectful, that all changed when the bottoms hit the federal refuge system.
Arkansas was busy promoting Stuttgart was the duck hunting capital of the world and an 8 million dollar a day infusion of money. Maryland was warning Arkansas careful what you wish for since they were losing Canada goose hunting prestige they once held.
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