I don’t really think it has much to do with killing gobblers overall.

It think has to do with how many folks are out trampling the woods up
More folks busting hens off nest. Folks putting cameras in nest so they can post about it. The list is endless.

As Outback would say. People are the problem.

As far as the OP, we’ve become much more proficient in our hunting and the app certainly helps access lands that once were left alone. I see it as it’s related to duck hunting too.

All I can do is look back at my past (early 90s) and the numbers of hunters in the woods compared to today. How much more efficient we’ve become, I’m not knocking any one thing. It’s the culmination. The claims to fame on social media is a driving factor.

The TVA land I once hunted is well known now. We joked about it being called the turkey masters because of the chaos as it was discovered. The private land I hunted next to it has suffered. If you wasn’t around it folks can not understand just how many birds were in that area. Bear in mind logging etc… has changed the habitat and not lost in me.

Those hardwood drains that were left concentrated the gobblers/hens and did lead to a lot of dead gobblers early on. So I do wonder about that