South Carolina outlaws "reaping" on wmas
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oldest school
Old Mossy Horns
They are really trying in SC to be creative/innovative/protective on the turkeys.
Probably sold as a safety factor but there are other angles to consider.
Probably sold as a safety factor but there are other angles to consider.
CRC
Old Mossy Horns
No slugs or 300 yard rule either
turkeyfoot
Old Mossy Horns
Yeah this is more than safety issue while that is part of it they have history of being a turkey state and after years of high numbers of tags and high harvest they hit that "decline in numbers few years ago " and are acting on it We'll see how this turns out with all their restrictions. If you look at Arkansas it scares everybody how low numbers can really go in really not that long of period. And I don't think any state is immune Heck even the glorious state of Kansas has learned how fragile the birds are they are now having more meetings about cutting more fall zones and adding zones to a 1 bird limit in spring.
CRC
Old Mossy Horns
Not my fault SC is more "progressive" on turkey management than NC anymore.
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turkeyfoot
Old Mossy Horns
Not sure what you mean by "anymore" except to be funny. SC has stronger turkey heritage than NC
CRC
Old Mossy Horns
No funny stuff or "pot stirring".
At one time most (not all) SC counties had a ridiculous 5 bird limit.
SC is actually trying to do things and are doing things to improve their turkey hunting.
At one time most (not all) SC counties had a ridiculous 5 bird limit.
SC is actually trying to do things and are doing things to improve their turkey hunting.
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Randy
Ten Pointer
This sure wouldn't affect me. I wouldn't even consider using any kind of a decoy on public land in SC or NC. An accident waiting to happen.
turkeyfoot
Old Mossy Horns
I got no problem with a deke on public even though I rarely ever use one the 2 shootings I know of last spring in states I hunted were with dekes on private land. I'm all for not allowing reaping on public but not so much for safety as saving dominant birds lives till later in season after they get lot breeding in. In my personal opinion there is to much breeding not getting done by time season starts in western NC. Now rest state may not be so I couldn't say
CRC
Old Mossy Horns
Most accidents seem to be on private land not public land
Lucky Clucker
Old Mossy Horns
SC. Is trying to,keep,outnof,state,hunters out,after years,of non residents coming down,and,hunting 2 to,3 weeks straight,Killing over limit of turkeys for,years on end.Plus never seen so much burning being done while turkeys are,nesting,Poor,management, and poaching ,bad hatches,new predators,hogs and coyotes, etc.timber cutting,has hurt the population. Who evEr head of there new rules and,reggs, needs to wake,up,$100 for 2 tags,for non resident, only $5 used,for,research,residents pay $5 for 3 tags.in 10 years SC will ne over run with turkeys,cause. No way in hell Im paying that .lol,No,really ,you'd be crazy to use a fan orgobbler decoy on WMA land down there.
universities should issue honorary doctorates to some folks,,,,,all this knowledge going to waste,,,,
Was that code?
wolfman
Old Mossy Horns
He gets paid by the comma.
turkeyfoot
Old Mossy Horns
Its just to funny to me how many times public gets the dangerous bad rap but hey that's just less pressure for me to deal with.
pccutter
Spike
In SC public land (WMA) is controlled by DNR. Private land there is controlled by elected officials. This doesn't always benefit wildlife or the hunter, but I like this rule.
Ol Copper
Twelve Pointer
Agree with turkeyfoot. Im glad to see them put an end to it, and I could care less about the safety issue. You wanna strap a fan to yourself, go for it.
Im just pleased that more gobblers will carry over. Too many gobblers are being killed by folks that couldn't kill a bird any other way (too fidgety to sit over corn ?). There is just something about that fan that they cant resist. I know that all toms don't react the same way, but if a bird has one ounce of dominance in him, a fan will kill him.
But one must also remember that we aren't so far removed from a time when turkey hunters wouldn't hunt spring birds because they felt it was too easy and the birds were too stupid whilst rutting. In most areas of America the turkey hunting culture was of a fall hunting only mindset.
Call me a purist...i'll take the heat I guess.
Im just pleased that more gobblers will carry over. Too many gobblers are being killed by folks that couldn't kill a bird any other way (too fidgety to sit over corn ?). There is just something about that fan that they cant resist. I know that all toms don't react the same way, but if a bird has one ounce of dominance in him, a fan will kill him.
But one must also remember that we aren't so far removed from a time when turkey hunters wouldn't hunt spring birds because they felt it was too easy and the birds were too stupid whilst rutting. In most areas of America the turkey hunting culture was of a fall hunting only mindset.
Call me a purist...i'll take the heat I guess.
Lucky Clucker
Old Mossy Horns
Key pad is small .auto correct screws alot of it.lol,
hawglips
Old Mossy Horns
Outlawing decoys might do more to save SC's turkey hunting heritage than most any other law.
Baiting, reaping, etc are for those that are desperate for the kill. True, we all Turkey hunt to be successful, but whatever happened to just hunting for the simple memory of taking a Gobbler one on one on his terms. There is way too much competition and commercialism nowadays.