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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 52,255 Likes: 18
Mildly Quirky
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 52,255 Likes: 18 |
Changing laws and regulations based on sound data is fine IF necessary. Doing it because a little group doesn't like scopes on muzzleloaders, or turkey decoys, or because they shoot one buck and "no one needs more than one!" is wrong.
Just hunt and fish and leave everyone else alone.
I like to hunt them year around, over bait, hens or gobblers (poults in summer) as many as I want. Should I just be left alone?  Of course. You'll eventually get got by The Man or run out of birds, since our decoy-stressed population is dwindling.  A 10-day season moved out of peak breeding times with hunting only from sunrise to noon, and a 1-bird limit of 8-inch beards or better probably would go a long way to helping rebuild the population. Not a bad idea. Quality Turkey Management ... let 'em go so they can grow!
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 5,084 Likes: 3
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Joined: Aug 2013
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A 10-day season moved out of peak breeding times with hunting only from sunrise to noon, and a 1-bird limit of 8-inch beards or better probably would go a long way to helping rebuild the population. Not a bad idea. Quality Turkey Management ... let 'em go so they can grow!
Now you’re talking.
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Posts: 535 Likes: 5
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Definitively prove, without any doubt and not anecdotally, that decoys negatively impact the resource.
Use data from before and after approval here and/or other states.
They work sometimes and other times they don't.
I'd bet there is no data, other than estimated harvest totals, that would or could prove it for our state. Maybe for any state, even with tags and check-in.
Decoys are more of a pain in the ass than a definitively negative impact on turkey populations. Just putting a decoy in a field or road doesn't automatically guarantee that every bird is going to come on a rope to ie. Some will, some won't.
Banning them won't make a difference in the overall population. It would only make some hunters feel good about getting them banned, and then they'd move on to the next thing they hate to get that banned.
If any data definitely, and not "aw, you know it does" proves it's a detriment, fine. Have the discussion. Let's see the data and proof. Otherwise it's just coffee talk. Or worse, the "well, we might as well do something to see if it helps!"
Isn’t Aldeer mostly Coffee talk aside from the classifieds? Hard evidence would be hard to find, but if decoys were banned Rick wouldn’t kill those 3 evening time powerline birds.
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I can’t believe no one else has mentioned it, but while we banning, let’s ban the ground blinds.
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Posts: 3,590 Likes: 1
10 point
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All the talk in the deer thread has me thinking about the flaws in the turkey woods.
1. Decoys are basically the crossbow of turkey hunting. The use of decoys should be banned completely to give the advantage back to the dominant gobbler.
I disagree. It sounds like all you hunt is pastures.
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Joined: Jan 2015
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I don't really have any skin in the game, though. All I hunt is woods. Most of the time if he is close enough to see the decoy he's already in gun range...
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Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 3,590 Likes: 1
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After reading the OP a second time I think we got duped. Might be just another whild bill.
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Joined: Apr 2017
Posts: 18,058 Likes: 43
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Apr 2017
Posts: 18,058 Likes: 43 |
After reading the OP a second time I think we got duped. Might be just another whild bill. Surely not. I’d like to think the turkey sub-forum is above such shenanigans. 2023 strikes again
We’re not dead. We just smell that way. Dayum. - AC870
Yessir! I’m always gonna shoot what makes me happy and I want everyone else to do the same! If you shoot one be proud of it and don’t worry what anyone else thinks. - SJ22
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Legalize baiting for turkeys. Just buy another permit
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Posts: 10,385 Likes: 150
Glad He Doesn’t Have One
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Glad He Doesn’t Have One
Joined: Jan 2017
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If decoys helped you kill more turkeys I’d be a really good turkey hunter. I don’t think they help at all. I quit using them. I killed a few with them but not many.
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Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 10,526 Likes: 13
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Jan 2012
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If decoys helped you kill more turkeys I’d be a really good turkey hunter. I don’t think they help at all. I quit using them. I killed a few with them but not many. That part is not even debatable.
"The Heavens declare the glory of God;and the firmament sheweth his handiwork" Pslam 19:1
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Posts: 12,686 Likes: 120
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Dec 2016
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Legalize baiting for turkeys. Just buy another permit People do it anyway Like I said in a earlier post how all the big bags of bird seed seem to just disappear a month before season starts
When I need expert advice I tend to talk to myself
The older I get the better I used to be
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 29,118 Likes: 86
Dances With Weeds
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Dances With Weeds
Joined: Jun 2012
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If decoys helped you kill more turkeys I’d be a really good turkey hunter. I don’t think they help at all. I quit using them. I killed a few with them but not many. That part is not even debatable.
Folks that know don't shoot old does........
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Old Mossy Horns
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I hereby declare from this day forth, any man who doth willingly choose to enter the turkey woods from a week to a month in advance to go to his “listenin’ spot/tree” should be drawn ‘n quartered and all future turkey tags removed from them immediately.
Furthermore, ipso facto presto chango, as of this day Nov18, 2023, only landowners will be allowed to hunt and kill turkeys. All public land and WMA’s will be closed to the pursuit and harvest of the Eastern Wild Turkey and leased property will no longer qualify for any legal turkey harvest.
Exceptions to these new rules can only be made in the form of cash payment for your necessary permits. Email all permit requests directly to:
LilChuckyIsAChode@PissOnIDOTS/DCNR/gobblegobble.org
We’re not dead. We just smell that way. Dayum. - AC870
Yessir! I’m always gonna shoot what makes me happy and I want everyone else to do the same! If you shoot one be proud of it and don’t worry what anyone else thinks. - SJ22
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Glad He Doesn’t Have One
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Glad He Doesn’t Have One
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If decoys helped you kill more turkeys I’d be a really good turkey hunter. I don’t think they help at all. I quit using them. I killed a few with them but not many. That part is not even debatable. Maybe I just have ugly decoys, but a lot of gobblers that see mine would leave.
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Posts: 4,197 Likes: 49
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Legalize baiting for turkeys. Just buy another permit People do it anyway Like I said in a earlier post how all the big bags of bird seed seem to just disappear a month before season starts No way. Turkey hunters are the ONLY true hunters and it’s so pure. No way a turkey hunter would ever consider baiting a turkey. That’s impossible. It’s all about “the game” and woodsmanship. Nobody would ever bait turkeys. 🥴
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Posts: 880
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I don’t use decoys, personally had more negative experiences with them than positive. But I don’t think the issue is how we kill them, it’s how many. X amount of dead birds is x amount no matter how they die. I’d rather see a bag limit change. Of course this is only effective if you can police it.
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Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 9,111 Likes: 35
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Joined: Dec 2014
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Do yall honestly want me to limb launch and corn evey thread yall make…i mean…yall do this to yourself
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
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Joined: Jul 2021
Posts: 5,906 Likes: 44
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Joined: Jul 2021
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Knocking the dust off this one…….Wheat straw. My technique is spread it in the dirt road not far from where you park. No need to walk far. It helps with fixing mud hole and erosion. Perfectly almost legal. Limb shooting is fun but the pellets fall back on you. Decoys Lives Matter. Tuned in.
Last edited by Paint Rock 00; 01/13/24 07:33 PM.
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Joined: May 2013
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Chucky needs to make decoys,,, By permit only !!!
You haven't been blocked until you've been flock blocked!!!
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