I know, I know; we've had this discussion here somewhat before but I am relegating this discussion to Private Land in the Southern Lower.
I'll also ban the "Just fill your tag, and take other people hunting." argument. ;) I love killing turkeys. I love eating turkeys. It is fun taking other's, and I personally do it quite a bit. For some folks, it's deer. For me, it's turkeys.
Doing some research, talking to many other buddies who hunt States with multiple bird limits and doing so myself as well, and looking at the State of Michigan's tag system I'm really wondering why the DNR has not implemented a (2) Bird Limit for Private Land in the Southern Lower. Hear me out;
1. There were over 39,000 LEFTOVER tags for the early season hunt. That's leftover tags; Think about that.
2. There was NO quota for the 234 Late hunt.
Even if only HALF of the leftover tags were sold to Hunters looking to tag two birds on Private land, that would be a financial windfall of approximately $270,000 per year. Over a couple of years, that is a huge number.
If bird populations were an issue, throw the Fall Season Tag situation in play. Why are they unlimited in the Fall season?
Every property I hunted, or had access to has a very healthy population going. We are now to the point that complaints from Farmers are becoming more and more commonplace. Granted, this is from a 4 County area, but I don't think these 4 counties are the exception.
For hunters that come in from out of State, would there not be a benefit to being able to pick up a second tag for Private land after already paying the higher fee's now in place? For many of my Out of State hunting bud's, this has been a major point of theirs. Once again, this is nothing but a financial bonus for the State.
It's probably my brain still wrapped around Turkeys that the season is near over, but hoping to open some discussion.
Thoughts?
I'll also ban the "Just fill your tag, and take other people hunting." argument. ;) I love killing turkeys. I love eating turkeys. It is fun taking other's, and I personally do it quite a bit. For some folks, it's deer. For me, it's turkeys.
Doing some research, talking to many other buddies who hunt States with multiple bird limits and doing so myself as well, and looking at the State of Michigan's tag system I'm really wondering why the DNR has not implemented a (2) Bird Limit for Private Land in the Southern Lower. Hear me out;
1. There were over 39,000 LEFTOVER tags for the early season hunt. That's leftover tags; Think about that.
2. There was NO quota for the 234 Late hunt.
Even if only HALF of the leftover tags were sold to Hunters looking to tag two birds on Private land, that would be a financial windfall of approximately $270,000 per year. Over a couple of years, that is a huge number.
If bird populations were an issue, throw the Fall Season Tag situation in play. Why are they unlimited in the Fall season?
Every property I hunted, or had access to has a very healthy population going. We are now to the point that complaints from Farmers are becoming more and more commonplace. Granted, this is from a 4 County area, but I don't think these 4 counties are the exception.
For hunters that come in from out of State, would there not be a benefit to being able to pick up a second tag for Private land after already paying the higher fee's now in place? For many of my Out of State hunting bud's, this has been a major point of theirs. Once again, this is nothing but a financial bonus for the State.
It's probably my brain still wrapped around Turkeys that the season is near over, but hoping to open some discussion.
Thoughts?
So let's talk a 2 Bird Limit...
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