Originally Posted By: YEKRUT

Fall 2014........ 8,193 hunters harvested 1,078 birds.


...times how ever many turkeys those hens would have produced, then you have some exponential numbers


Originally Posted By: Les7603006
I'm just trying to point out that if you kill less gobblers you have more gobblers to hunt.


Says what data? Hasn't turkey hunting been shown to be the least impact to a turkey population overall?

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