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Old Mossy Horns
1965 article on turkey management in NC.
http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll4/id/7143/rec/21
http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16062coll4/id/7143/rec/21
^^^^ blow up in a good way hopefully, I know I'm happy with it now.
Yeah, and the same could be said for deer also. We have lived through the expansion "explosion". Most that are hunting them on here wasn't in the crowd that either traveled to the coast or the mountains to hunt them in the late '60s and early 70s. They have lived in the cream of the crop so to say. Now that it has peaked they really think the sky is falling.not the 70's, but 1985 population density gives some idea,,,,
or the estimated populations 1970 through 2015,,,,
or the kill stats,,,,,,,,
despite the doomsayers and "sky is falling" crowd,,,,,this fellow thinks we are in the heyday of North Carolina turkey hunting,,,,,,,,,may blow up in a year or two,,,,,but it's been a great ride so far
woodmoose, 50+ birds in the Spring would be crazy
the data I have,,,your a week late,,,,,first spring seasons were in 1968 and started 13 April,,,,,,,,ran for a week,,,,,,,,,season was in piedmont and coastal plain (closed in mountains),,,,,,,it was 1972 when they started the "3rd Saturday" seasons (around 20 April),,,,,,,
You are likely correct as I was thinking about the seasons in the early 1970s right after the WRC got serious about building the turkey population and hired Wayne Bailey to oversee it. I believe he was the one to propose the later start date for the reasons I posted. He likely had others but I don't recall them.
Also, I believe the years the seasons you mention were in play there were still some fall seasons open. Think Bailey worked to shut those down in tangent with the later spring start dates.
you are correct Sir,,,,Wayne Bailey worked at the NCWRC July 1, 1970 through September 30, 1980 and the last Winter (fall) season was in Dec 70......
i do have a question. where besides the OP is the thought that the season was changing coming from?
anyone of you connected NCWRC care to comment, how about it NWTF members ? who is pushing this and why?
i do have a question. where besides the OP is the thought that the season was changing coming from?
anyone of you connected NCWRC care to comment, how about it NWTF members ? who is pushing this and why?
no where as far as I know,,,,,,but sure made for a fun conversation!!
I'm looking forward to the data we'll be getting from the collared turkeys study the NWTF and NCWRC are funding.
i do have a question. where besides the OP is the thought that the season was changing coming from?
anyone of you connected NCWRC care to comment, how about it NWTF members ? who is pushing this and why?