Wayne D Davis
Senior Member
I've noticed a trend in my averages of harvest (deer and turkey) . The higher the number of state wide harvest , my harvest drop off the map. The years that are slow with low numbers i fill my grocery kart
I highly doubt it. I really hope I'm wrong but I have no faith in our elected officials.
Unfortunately, all the biologists can do is make recommendations. Politicians are too afraid to upset the masses and not get reelected so they're going to be hesitant to introduce legislation that will upset lots of voters. And let's face it, doing anything about over harvest would only upset most turkey hunters. They're too dense to listen to science and all that fancy college stuff. That's essentially our government in a nutshell - Do what will get me reelected, regardless of what's right and needs to be done.
Just read threads on here about the subject. "I killed three birds last year so there's no possible way the population is down. I don't care what scientists and data say. I'm going off of my own small sample size that fits my agenda"
Every reputable turkey biologist in the southeast acknowledges a decline in turkey numbers but the masses don't buy it so neither are the politicians.
How does your example prove bound for increased harvests ?Some areas were bound for increased harvests whether Covid-19 showed up or not. On the coast for example areas were hit with Hurricanes three years in a row, when poults were only months old and surely suffered. Record river flooding for two years in a row as well, some hens in the river swamp KNOW where to nest but not all do.
Not gonna be much difference as past few years , I actually believe just more people are using the game check !
Telephone survey ?We'll see, and I hope they are. The telephone survey will tell all. With the amount of pressure reported throughout the state, I don't see how we won't see an increase in harvest.
Go to the game check app then pull up check harvest then hit real time resultsIs there a web site that shows harvest by county?
Go to the game check app then pull up check harvest then hit real time results
Very welcome sirThank you sir.
Telephone survey ?
How do they get our number , I’ve turkey hunted 30+ years and never got a callYes, the telephone survey the state does after season is what they use to come up with the overall harvest #.