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My biggest concern with turkey is that poor nuisance control will lead to poor overall management which will lead to a breakdown in turkey hunting opportunity. It's great to know the turkey are doing well, but they are causing alot of problems with farms and homes in the high population areas. I focus my fall hunting on removing nuisance birds for farmers I've met on the East side, but alot of these places have 200 to 300 bird winter flocks. We took a few birds out of peoples front yards this fall. I wonder what the solution is.
Quote from: TheStovePipeKid on December 07, 2019, 07:12:45 AMMy biggest concern with turkey is that poor nuisance control will lead to poor overall management which will lead to a breakdown in turkey hunting opportunity. It's great to know the turkey are doing well, but they are causing alot of problems with farms and homes in the high population areas. I focus my fall hunting on removing nuisance birds for farmers I've met on the East side, but alot of these places have 200 to 300 bird winter flocks. We took a few birds out of peoples front yards this fall. I wonder what the solution is.Trap and transfer was the best program we had as a tool to manage turkeys. When the NWTF was strong and the WDFW cared about them cause they were a new revenue stream there was $$ volunteers and a place to trap to and from. This is how vigilante game management takes hold! It would be easy with some support and communication to have it all so to speak.
Tags should be 10$, 2 at a time, no limit for a while........