ORIGINAL: Cornelius08

"A lot of people would disagree with you about my educating people on deer management issues too."

Hardly. And I would hardly call it "educating". More like deceptive damage control. Just like you telling people there is a chance for smallerwmus if they push for funding for pgc when you know its a complete lie, that Rosenberry is 100% against it. Not meaning to change the topic here, but I posted the same on the "what changes you would like to see" thread, where you ignored it.

"Those are all part of the normal duties and responsibilities of a Wildlife Conservation Officer. Some of us just develop and present it in different ways where we believe it does the most good."

You mean some inpart their own little spin and personal opinions.

"I on the other hand, besides being very stubborn, have an uncommon amount of patience (though it too can be pretty short at time) will use you misguided naysayer’s as a method to get the correct information out to those readers with an open mind and enough commonsense to accept the real facts about the deer/habitat relationships. "

So when do you intend to start??

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On the original subject...Any word of any studies being conducted in the southwest? Turkey numbers here in Greene are about 1/10 what they were in the late 90's. In the 90's the turkey pop absolutely exploded!!Flocks could be seen every few miles in fields early in am this time of year, and I wouldnt doubt we had more birds in Greene than anywhere in the state then. Last several years during highly visible period of early spring early amyou drive the entire length of the county and may see a handful. Flock seems to have stabilized last several years at the MUCH lower density. Most properties I hunt had multiple roost sites and tons of birds. Now most of them have 1 group or no birds at all roosting. Still kill a gobbler EVERY year,... Not complaining about that.. Just one helluva difference and really cant understand what happened. Pgc noticed somewhat I guess, having cut a week off the fall season. I dont see it as having made any difference though.