Well good news is our SW Georgia WMA’s are having their timber thinned and being trapped. I’m going to hope that’s for all the State’s WMA’s.
I hunt both public and private land. Limit ourselves to 1 bird per tract of private. Public land birds are still there, just may not be where they were last year due to too many factors. Boot leather is a must on public land.
I will agree with you 100% on the boot leather. Current year habitat may have changed from the previous 6-8 years and turkeys go where the food and cover are. But, my question to you is why is one bird good enough on private but not public? If you can refrain from killing multiple birds on a private tract why not only one on a public tract?Well good news is our SW Georgia WMA’s are having their timber thinned and being trapped. I’m going to hope that’s for all the State’s WMA’s.
I hunt both public and private land. Limit ourselves to 1 bird per tract of private. Public land birds are still there, just may not be where they were last year due to too many factors. Boot leather is a must on public land.
I hunt High pressured WMA's..... plenty of turkeys where I go. I see no need to lower the limit. I'd have no problem waiting till April to start. Those two weeks of March are rather quiet anyhoot. I've seen turkeys all year round. I been after one smart old bird going on 4 seasons. Not many will climb the mountain day after day to get him. I'm gonna need new boots this year.
I hunt High pressured WMA's..... plenty of turkeys where I go. I see no need to lower the limit. I'd have no problem waiting till April to start. Those two weeks of March are rather quiet anyhoot. I've seen turkeys all year round. I been after one smart old bird going on 4 seasons. Not many will climb the mountain day after day to get him. I'm gonna need new boots this year.
I will agree with you 100% on the boot leather. Current year habitat may have changed from the previous 6-8 years and turkeys go where the food and cover are. But, my question to you is why is one bird good enough on private but not public? If you can refrain from killing multiple birds on a private tract why not only one on a public tract?
Same here, Mark. I never kill but one bird on a piece of land per season. After that I`ll go to some of my other places.
Yes sir..... April is the best by far. I stay at it when not tagged but it's more of a waiting game by MayWay down here on the FL line the season starts out hot, I do respect your strategy and resolve to get the job done though. GA is a big and diverse state in the way of the turkey woods. I’m not sure it wouldn’t be better for us all if it were zoned. Though you can still kill them, the May weeks are pretty worthless here.
In a positive perspective, instead of thinking of concerns as "whining", I think it has spurred folks to at least think about ways to preserve this great resource and sport we all love.