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Adjust yearly Spring Turkey dates?

Leave the opener on the 15th
44 (77.2%)
Adjust the opener dates every year
1 (1.8%)
Always open the season on the second weekend of April
12 (21.1%)

Total Members Voted: 57

Author Topic: A more practical opener  (Read 4734 times)

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Re: A more practical opener
« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2019, 05:10:05 PM »
thats like the "weekend workers" complaining they dont open general deer on "their weekend or days off"  its luck of the draw, season starts april 15th take a vaca day if u want to hunt the opener, looks like the weekend workers got lucky this year. I love how idaho always opens the 10th, no matter what day of the week. makes planning easy and sometimes keeps the weekend warriors out for a day or two.

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Re: A more practical opener
« Reply #16 on: February 23, 2019, 07:24:15 PM »
So is the youth hunt the 13/14th or the weekend before?
I would say April 6-7 2019 for the Youth Hunt.


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Re: A more practical opener
« Reply #17 on: February 23, 2019, 10:19:13 PM »
So is the youth hunt the 13/14th or the weekend before?
I would say April 6-7 2019 for the Youth Hunt.


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Re: A more practical opener
« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2019, 04:30:14 AM »
thats like the "weekend workers" complaining they dont open general deer on "their weekend or days off"  its luck of the draw, season starts april 15th take a vaca day if u want to hunt the opener, looks like the weekend workers got lucky this year. I love how idaho always opens the 10th, no matter what day of the week. makes planning easy and sometimes keeps the weekend warriors out for a day or two.

I totally agree! I like knowing that the opener in on the 15th year after year. I go every year because it’s important to me.

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Re: A more practical opener
« Reply #19 on: February 24, 2019, 07:52:07 AM »
All you have to do is decide which is more important; hunting or having a job. <consider this pot stirring>

I'll probably be out on the 15th.

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Re: A more practical opener
« Reply #20 on: February 24, 2019, 08:06:52 AM »
leave it as is - the season is long enough and includes enough weekend opportunity as it currently is.

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Re: A more practical opener
« Reply #21 on: February 24, 2019, 08:19:25 AM »
I think it's good to rotate what day of the week the opener falls on, which happens with the fixed date. I'd actually like to see it for deer/elk seasons as well!  If it happens to work out where there are more or less weekend days in a season so be it.  :twocents:

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Re: A more practical opener
« Reply #22 on: February 24, 2019, 09:19:34 AM »
thats like the "weekend workers" complaining they dont open general deer on "their weekend or days off"  its luck of the draw, season starts april 15th take a vaca day if u want to hunt the opener, looks like the weekend workers got lucky this year. I love how idaho always opens the 10th, no matter what day of the week. makes planning easy and sometimes keeps the weekend warriors out for a day or two.

I totally agree! I like knowing that the opener in on the 15th year after year. I go every year because it’s important to me.
Totally agree I have to work weekend most weeks . :dunno:

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Re: A more practical opener
« Reply #23 on: February 25, 2019, 08:06:47 AM »
Looks like the consensus is pretty much to keep it on the 15th every year. I'm fine with that of course, just have to plan strategically. Personally I think the biggest reason I would be in favor of it is because I usually only hunt here in WA for 2 weeks or so until I get my three birds and then I rush off on out of state hunts. Welp, time to take some weekdays off to hunt the opener.  :IBCOOL:
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