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Post by terrifictom on Dec 27, 2018 20:18:17 GMT -6
The results are posted On Go WIld. I got the 1st season and my wife got 4th season.
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Post by Catscratch on Dec 27, 2018 20:40:26 GMT -6
You guys have a draw for Turkey? What's the population like, do you not have enough of them?
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Post by terrifictom on Dec 27, 2018 22:08:03 GMT -6
You guys have a draw for Turkey? What's the population like, do you not have enough of them?e it on public lande Yeah we have to draw. Plenty of Turkey. They try to spread the hunting pressure by making you draw a season. I can see it on public land but on private land it could be open for any time in the season. |
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Post by Catscratch on Dec 27, 2018 22:31:55 GMT -6
You guys have a draw for Turkey? What's the population like, do you not have enough of them?e it on public lande Yeah we have to draw. Plenty of Turkey. They try to spread the hunting pressure by making you draw a season. I can see it on public land but on private land it could be open for any time in the season. Not sure I get it even on public. Why does the state get to decide for the hunter when a good time to hunt is or if it's to overcrowded for him? Count the birds, issue the right number of tags, open and close season based on breeding and nesting dates. Regulate the resource... Am I looking at this wrong? I guess I see the premise but see it as unnecessary and overreaching. |
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Post by terrifictom on Dec 27, 2018 22:37:19 GMT -6
Yeah we have to draw. Plenty of Turkey. They try to spread the hunting pressure by making you draw a season. I can see it on public land but on private land it could be open for any time in the season. Not sure I get it even on public. Why does the state get to decide for the hunter when a good time to hunt is or if it's to overcrowded for him? Count the birds, issue the right number of tags, open and close season based on breeding and nesting dates. Regulate the resource... Am I looking at this wrong? I guess I see the premise but see it as unnecessary and overreaching. I agree. This was the system that was set up when the Turkey was making a comeback. A few years back they proposed to just open the season up and have over the counter tags at the Spring Coservation hearings but it got voted down. |
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Post by batman on Dec 28, 2018 8:33:04 GMT -6
Minnesota liberalized turkey seasons and I think it was a mistake. I have hunted turkey in 20 some states ands Minnesota used to be my favorite eastern sub turkey state. Quality has really tanked since they opened it up.
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Post by benmnwi on Dec 28, 2018 10:06:05 GMT -6
Having multiple seasons really helps distribute pressure and it really works well in MN and WI in my opinion. I was pissed when MN changed the turkey hunting structure from the 8 seasons we used to have. Turkey hunting was the one thing that was world class in this state, so why change a good thing?
In SE MN most farmers could care less about turkeys and it is rare to get turned down when asking permission. I've actually never had a landowner turn me down in MN when asking for permission to turkey hunt if they didn't have someone on their land that season. Lots of the farmers will mark down what season you want on their calendar and turn down everyone else for that season. The problem is that most farmers have a nephew or cousin who turkey hunts, so if there was only one hunting season they will let their relatives hunt those seasons and turn everyone else down.
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Post by Catscratch on Dec 28, 2018 10:35:00 GMT -6
I can see the value in that. I just lean more towards letting the hunters figure it out instead of the government, but I do see how it would be nice to split everyone up if there was a ton of hunters out there.
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Post by leexrayshady on Dec 28, 2018 20:04:28 GMT -6
Minnesota zones well be bigger next year.
507 will stretch from dang near the cities to bemidji
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