The thing I learned from the podcast was we need a season on great horned owls. Predators are mentioned as a major problem in poult recruitment. Locally, predator control should have a positive effect on turkey populations. That is where I will focus my efforts and trapping nest predators is easy and fun!
As we are proposing regulations here is my proposal. Let anyone that turns in 10 coon, coyote, bobcat, skunk or possum tails in any combination hunt starting March 15th. Give them an extra bird if they turn in 40 tails. Would be a stinking mess at the check in station but I bet we would have more turkeys!
I don’t know if that would make one more turkey, but the highways would sure be cleaner.
