tracker 6
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Not dissing anyone, but if you put out a corn pile for deer, you need to be trapping coon and possum. We have all seen the trail cam pics of corn feeders covered up in coon.
Turkey Population
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Big_Holla
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Too bad you can't become a mullionmaire selling coon pelts like you can other critters...............
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Uncle wasn’t a millionaire but kept him in Busch lutes in late 60s& 70s
They do decent on muskrat in these parts. Last couple years $5 and up. I guess 2014 was a great year. Back in the early 80's we got $10 for rats and coons were $35 range. Last year we had two trappers pull over 6,000 rats out of one marsh. These guys are full time trappers. They would do it if they were a buck just because they love it that much.
ThatBuckeyeGuy
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Is Your Deer Bait Killing Turkeys?
As turkey numbers decline, some are wondering if all those corn piles could be part of the problem
www.realtree.com
Something to think about…
Left field
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Wow, that is interesting!
Is Your Deer Bait Killing Turkeys?
As turkey numbers decline, some are wondering if all those corn piles could be part of the problem
Something to think about…
ThatBuckeyeGuy
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I don't bait so maybe that's why I don't see it but how many turkeys really pin point people's bait piles? How many people actually bait through the summer ? I just don't see it making that much of an impact here. But as I said I don't bait nor do I use cameras so I could be totally blind to how many people actually do .?
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Big_Holla
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Wonder if they’ve tested corn left in fields after cutting. Seems there could be many many food sources that could have similar test results that have been around during the highs and lows of the turkey cycles.
I had a 100% success rate on opening days of the season. No tag bought. None to fill. 
Good luck to you guys getting after it.
Good luck to you guys getting after it.
tracker 6
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Yep I remember putting in for the lottery back in the 80s..you either got both weeks or had to wait for the second week to hunt.
I was just telling Cole @002 the other day how the hunting was in the 80s and 90s..was nothing to drive down 93 and see flocks from 50 to 200 birds in the fields..hardly see any in those same fields today.Have some old videos around here somewhere of fields full of birds with 15 + gobblers strutting. Pretty cool stuff.
Shot my first gobbler in 84 at 6:30 in the morning and remember sitting on the ridge listening to birds gobble till 11am. Was nothing to hear 20 to 25 plus birds gobble on all the ridges.This was at my Grandpa's farm by Tar Hollow. Lots of mead ground surrounded us and it was just lots of fun hunting there.
Figured when they went to two gobbler tags and a Fall season it would never be the same again. I just wanna hear em gobble and see em put on a show not sit and hope one walks by.
Sure miss those days.
I don’t have a lot of personal turkey hunting history to draw on but in my limited experience I have definitely seen a decrease in numbers. In the area I hunt I have seen a steady decline in the number of huntable birds in the last few years. Anymore I’m lucky to hear a handful on the roost compared to the dozens I would hear on any given morning even just a couple years ago. And this is in areas that don’t see a lot of pressure. The highlight of my season so far has been shooting a coyote in the face and hopefully saving at least one brood of poults. Kind of hard to get excited/motivated for those 0430 wakeups. Sad
Boarhead
You must have pretty close to me
I am not far from the intersection of 93 and 56
Also back in the 80’s getting permission was easy no one cared about turkey hunting.
You could run and gun
They really need to close the fall season!
You must have pretty close to me
I am not far from the intersection of 93 and 56
Also back in the 80’s getting permission was easy no one cared about turkey hunting.
You could run and gun
They really need to close the fall season!
Left field
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Put in 12 miles hiking in 2020 saw some birds but didn’t hear any gobbling like in past a buddy in ky. also notice decline
Our main hunting property is deer ONLY. We used to see turkeys every sit. Lots and lots of birds. In annoying numbers that kept me pinned down all the time. It would happen multiple times every hunt. I don't recall if I even seen a single bird this year.