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Post by slambound on May 6, 2015 8:01:56 GMT -6
I heard someone shot a banded turkey.
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Post by Treerooster on May 6, 2015 9:42:31 GMT -6
Again...lol
Got my second banded turkey for the season. I cant belive it!!!
Have'nt got a hold of the biologist yet. This one's band is more worn but I think he is a 6 year old like the other one going by how the numbers are and ba red in 2010 also.
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Post by slambound on May 6, 2015 10:59:36 GMT -6
You get a different phone #? Did not come in this morning as YOU. Congrats! I sent a text to the number you called from...get it? Woody texted me that he talked to you. Go buy us a lottery ticket...I'll pay for it and we split the winnings!
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Post by Treerooster on May 7, 2015 9:13:34 GMT -6
I have a "field phone". Just a little flip phone I carry with me when hunting and that's what I called you on. Since I hunt alone so much my wife thought I should carry a phone with me now. I can be such a space cadet (especially during sleep deprived turkey season) that I don't want to have my smart phone with me and lose it or go in the river with it. I called you soon after I got the bird, was hoping to catch you before school started.
I rarely check my field phone or even have it on, so best not to call/text me on that. Its just an emergency phone or, as my wife would say, a one-way call out phone.
I will post up a story later on the banded bird. On my way home I stopped and talked with the biologist that did the study. He said the bird was 7 years old and the oldest reported in the study so far. |
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Post by slambound on May 7, 2015 9:31:54 GMT -6
Ok I get it now! So cool about the bands and age! Tough ol bird! What I have been wondering is this...what does this mean about your turkey population in that area? I know we talked...It is cool these old birds were still around...but where are the young birds? Just saying...
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Post by slambound on May 7, 2015 9:35:53 GMT -6
Got that other number in now so I will answer when you call from it! I knew you must have JUST kilt it by the time it was here and when it had to be there once I listened to the message. I just rarely answer my phone with an unknown number...especially at an "odd" time!  |
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Post by Treerooster on May 7, 2015 11:00:04 GMT -6
What I have been wondering is this...what does this mean about your turkey population in that area? I know we talked...It is cool these old birds were still around...but where are the young birds? Just saying... Good question and I had the same concerns along with some hunter pressure concern. That's why I stopped and talked to the bio. I was there over an hour. They changed the way the tags are issued on the river and increased hunter opportunity and harvest. I do agree that the turkey population seemed a bit high and thought it needed some reduction, but was worried about the quality of the hunt.
I came away reassured. The turkeys on the river are easy to count. The habitat is limited and they winter in specific areas so the ability to count hens, jakes and toms is not too difficult. He also explained how the hunters use the river and that they thought a regulated pressure increase could be sustained without sacrificing hunt quality. I did experience hunter interference on my hunt, but I usually avoid opening weekend (2nd season opened last weekend) and I think that is the reason I saw more hunters.
I kind of know this biologist from my eagle banding days, sat in a blind with him to trap turkeys, and he was a member of the NWTF chapter I use to belong to. That chapter did good work but no longer exists. I have confidence he knows his stuff and is a dedicated wildlife employee.
Time will tell on how these new regs workout but I believe it is worth a try and may just be the right way to manage the turkeys on the river.
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Post by woodcock on May 10, 2015 8:28:09 GMT -6
What I have been wondering is this...what does this mean about your turkey population in that area? I know we talked...It is cool these old birds were still around...but where are the young birds? Just saying... Good question and I had the same concerns along with some hunter pressure concern. That's why I stopped and talked to the bio. I was there over an hour. They changed the way the tags are issued on the river and increased hunter opportunity and harvest. I do agree that the turkey population seemed a bit high and thought it needed some reduction, but was worried about the quality of the hunt.
I came away reassured. The turkeys on the river are easy to count. The habitat is limited and they winter in specific areas so the ability to count hens, jakes and toms is not too difficult. He also explained how the hunters use the river and that they thought a regulated pressure increase could be sustained without sacrificing hunt quality. I did experience hunter interference on my hunt, but I usually avoid opening weekend (2nd season opened last weekend) and I think that is the reason I saw more hunters.
I kind of know this biologist from my eagle banding days, sat in a blind with him to trap turkeys, and he was a member of the NWTF chapter I use to belong to. That chapter did good work but no longer exists. I have confidence he knows his stuff and is a dedicated wildlife employee.
Time will tell on how these new regs workout but I believe it is worth a try and may just be the right way to manage the turkeys on the river.
AWESOME AGAIN! Thanks for staying intouch |
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