Anyone else have a state DNR with this dumb rule? It kills me that I'm eating a tag for this spring not being able to make the drive back home anymore before season closes, while the last Tom I called in walked in w a buddy for an easy double. I asked a DNR agent about it before and he said it was to keep pressure off of the birds for better hunting. What pressures birds more, a guy killing two in one day and being done for the season or killing one and having to continue hunting multiple days for the second? I get setting bag limits wherever you want (hunted states w 1 up to 5 per spring allowed). I don't get why it matters which day you punch your tags on though? Anyone else have thoughts on this?
I would agree that killing two birds with one stone would be less pressure as well. Unless the population is dwindling in a certain area, they might be trying to force you to kill the other bird in a more populated area. But I don't know why one area would be dwindling and other areas have lots of birds
Sure that it does help to maintain the population because not as many birds will be taken. Every turkey show I watch you see a few birds come in and even after taking one the other stupid birds stick around. This insures that you have to come back and start all over instead if a second quick kill. Don't say I agree with it. Sent from my DROID X2 using Tapatalk 2
I would say that I'm for the rule. We have it here in OH and I think it's better. Let's say someone shoots a tom in the morning by itself. Because most of the time the tom will be by itself and if it was with a buddy they will always make a quick retreat. So when the guy shoots the tom, he is done. He has no reason to go out into the woods. If the rule didn't apply, he would be chasing the rest of the toms in the group for the rest of the day. That puts huge amounts of pressure on the birds. IMO it's better with the rule of one bird a day.
How would him chasing other birds that day pressure them anymore than him waiting for the next day? And it isn't population related, turkeys are becoming thicker than rabbits in most areas of the state. If it was population related they would and should decrease the bag limit. It isn't the end of the world, just never understood that rule when you have a tag in your pocket but can't use it.
The rule has it's pro's and con's. It's my opinion. It does suck for you that you wasted a tag, there's nothing you can do about it.
Illinois you get a 5 day season that ends at 1pm everyday. If you are lucky enough to draw more than one tag you cannot harvest more than 2 turkey for the entire season. you can not shoot a hen unless it has a beard. So even if the sky falls out like it did here last week you either hunt in it or eat your tag not even trying
Ok try this on for size. Here in MO we are allowed 2 birds in our 3 week season. However. Only 1 bird may be killed the first week. After the first week I can take 2, just not on the same day. HUH???? I don't get it at all. I at least partly understand the one bird the first week rule. But 1 per day after that? Silly. And. We can only hunt till 1pm daily. I really hate that rule. Now to add to the confusion. In the fall we are 2 birds during the month long season. You can hunt all day and shoot them both the same day. WTH??
Dumbazz rule....yet why do I get the sickly feeling PETA or some non-hunter had some asinine input in all hunting Regs. And why are these darn Tree Trimming people playing loud Gospel Rock music outside! I can't even think!
I dont have a problem with only being able to kill one bird a day, i think it can only help support a healthy population. you may live in a place where they are like rats so that may not seem necessary, but I can tell you we had a good population of birds last year here in vermont, and this year its like finding a needle in a hay stack. we had a mild winter and yet still seem to have lost a large percentage of our birds be it due to weather, disease, or predators I dont know, and havent talked to anyway that can really put their finger on it either. My point is, the Turkey population is pretty volatile, it may not be a bad regulation in the long run. In Vermont however we are only allowed to hunt till noon, and that kind of pisses me off when I see guys doing evening hunts in other states! this regulation has the same goal in mind as the one bird a day reg, so i'll get over it.
I guess my only point is, if it is indeed to bolster the struggling population, they should NOT be issuing multiple tags in the first place. I'm fine with whatever length season I am given and the number of tags allotted to me. I can work around those parameters. It just angers me to be told I can't use the tags already in my pocket during legal season dates. I see it as equally frustrating as the states that don't allow afternoon or sunday hunting (luckily KY residents don't have to deal with that nonsense at least). Rant over, I should have just bit the bullet on Alabama tags this year and hunted down here some in between the trips home to KY. Still an off chance I can make it home for the last 2 days of season this weakend to try one last time.
That's understandable, if it's being looked at that way there is a problem and it's almost unfair in some cases.
I couldn't agree more! And why the H does a tag cost so dam_ much too? In my opinion it shouldn't cost more than a frozen bird does from the grocery store. Idiotic, nitpick rules. I rant about the consv dept all the time, but I firmly believe they've gotten more involved in people management than wildlife managment. The consv dept needs to be able to act more flexible according to the population and weather conditions. The turkey population is way up and growing and this year they were most likely finished breeding right about the time our season officially started.
Dear Mo conservation (Your) deer and turkey are eating my crops please get them off my land...or i will
yea my uncle owns about 400 acres of land about 220 is wooded and he doesnt do any turkey hunting so every night i come down the trail after im done hunting i see a string of 40-50 turkey going up one valley. there almost should not be a season for them anymore because they are so over populated now days. it is rare to see grouse any place i hunt. too many birds not enough food/space
Ultramax, nails it again with one word! Kind of like when old uncle Sam lets us have a couple of (their) dollars back. Where's my pills...?
