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Re: Thoughts on season opening date this year? [Re: poorcountrypreacher] #3119420
05/08/20 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by poorcountrypreacher
One item that definitely impacted the harvest in a negative way was the explosion of the bull gnat population in south AL. I know if several hunters that didn't put forth much hunting effort in some places because of them, and I was one of them. I usually hunt a lot in Perry county, but I hunted just 2 mornings there this year. I got eaten up so bad opening day that my family convinced me I had the shingles. It did look like it. I will have to find some kind of netting before next year. That's assuming that they don't announce that turkey numbers are so low that they have to cancel the season.


https://shannonoutdoors.com/p/double-guard-bug-tamer-plus-headnet-with-face-shield/

This is what I have used for the past 4 years, it's the only headnet that works on mosquitoes and bull gnats. I wear a fedora style hat to keep it off my ears and it's a little cooler that way, but it can be worn over a baseball style hat. Before the gnats wake up in the morning I don't wear it but once they start their feeding frenzy it goes on and stays on until I get back to the vehicle. Otherwise I wouldn't turkey hunt or do anything outside in the part of the world I hunt in.

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"After all, it is not the killing that brings satisfaction; it is the contest of skill and cunning. The true hunter counts his achievement in proportion to the effort involved and the fairness of the sport." Dr. Saxton Pope
Re: Thoughts on season opening date this year? [Re: Clem] #3119437
05/08/20 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Clem
Originally Posted by TurkeyJoe
Chuck’s assertion in that article that the reported harvest is up because of his veiled threats rubbed me the wrong way.


I didn't care for it, either.

"Start reporting or we may not have a season" is dictatorial bullchit.



Reporting what?

Re: Thoughts on season opening date this year? [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3119445
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I hunt swamps and river bottoms with regular, open face nets and deet/ permethrin.....but a thermocell is my safety net.

Seems I’ve seen biology somewhere suggesting it would be better to open the end of March? As long as we lose no days, I’m fine with pushing further back, at least in the north end of the state....All the birds that were pure un-callable in the first 3-weeks on one of the places I hunt, all got suicidal to calling/working in the last three weeks of the season. Same birds. Same locations. Same setups. Anecdotal, but not the first time I’ve seen it. Too many variables, but tired of the state peeing up our legs and telling us it’s raining, over game management. Freaking 3rd world countries have more integrity in their G&F management than we do.

Re: Thoughts on season opening date this year? [Re: Atoler] #3119572
05/08/20 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Atoler
Sucked imo, I missed the first week due to working in Florida. I literally haven’t hunted woods that weren’t greened up all year.


Same here, I didn’t like the early spring green up and warmer weather.

Re: Thoughts on season opening date this year? [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3119607
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Sucked! Cost me an extra $300+ To jump the state line into Mississippi to get in the woods while birds were acting right.

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