Originally Posted by
dbenn454
I think the results will be more interesting than pertinent. It'd be nice to know how the peons hunt instead of the sub gauge, tss shooting, trumpet sucking elitist echo chamber of scducks.
Laws should only be made only if the population cannot sustain/maintain itself, which would probably lead to a limit reduction not an outlawing of a certain style of hunting. I don't think asking people what gauge, pellet material, decoy preference or opinion on decoys is going to show that reaping or male turkey decoys account for too many dead turkeys.
Concerning the guns and ammo questions, they are primarily wanting to see if this data could be used to educate hunters on ethical ranges of the new ammo technologies and trends towards smaller gauges. The hunting/ammo industry hasn’t done a good job of educating consumers on how to properly pattern TSS concerning ethical ranges. Using this data in correlation with the wounded bird data may help the cause.
Can TSS kill turkeys at 70 yards +? Absolutely, with the right choke and set up, but how many average hunters know their pellet count at various ranges and what # of pellets is an ethical killing pattern? What percentage of turkeys are killed at longer distances once unheard of? Have I personally killed turkeys at ranges with TSS that I would have missed or wounded turkeys 15 years ago with lead ammo? Absolutely.
A possible outcome of this data could be that state agencies use this information to partner with ammo/gun companies on further educating consumers on ethical ranges of pellet type and ranges in relation to the gauge you are shooting.
With the addition of strutting decoys, blinds, fans, after market chokes and ammo like TSS are today’s average hunter more effective on average at killing birds than we were 25 years ago?
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"I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to. I would really rather not do it, but I am helpless in the grip of my compulsion"
- Tom Kelly, Tenth Legion, 1973
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