The elephant in the room that nobody wants to recognize. Most leased land (club land) is dominated by deer hunters. They want (and in most cases do) feed deer year round. Most turkey hunters try to find clubs, or opportunities wherever they can to hunt turkeys. Next thing you know you are in a club / lease that just won’t stop feeding deer year round - period. Even when discussed prior to paying club dues the issue seems to persist. So - the turkey hunter tries to takes his lumps to the tune of the full lease membership and is left to find another place to hunt OR he makes his best effort to hunt the place and avoid feed as much as possible. He can be written a citation if there is a single grain of corn on the entire property no matter how large the property or distant from feed the hunter is hunting. How many times do you think this scenario plays itself out over the entire state? How many “old school” turkey hunters are faced with abandoning their club dues or hunting outside the parameters of the law?
I have personally had to abandon my lease money entirely (I do not deer hunt) in order to stay within the parameters of the law more than once. I’m seriously considering just giving up my favorite passion due to this issue.
