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02-01-2005 | 06:45 PM

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maytom

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From: NY

RE: more than one gobbler

Well, I seen this very question brought up on some other forums as well. Personally, I don't see a problem with it at all. The state of PA has almost twice the bird population that we do here in NY, and we have had a two bird season for a while here now, and our bird population is rising each year. And this is even with hunters fromn other states hunting NY as well!! (PA guys!!!) Yes, you do have many more turkey hunters in your state, but how many are really successful? If every single turkey hunter in the state of PA took one bird, that would put a dent into the population, but again, not everyone scores each spring. Truthfully, the only two ways that would surely damper the bird population in "any" state, would be a cold/wet spring (causing a bad hatch), also the amount of predators that are present, such as Skunks, Raccoons, Fox, Coyotes, etc. that are nest raiders or polt eaters. This would do more damage in the long run than a 2 bird limit in my opinion.
Also, do you really think that the PGC would allow a two bird season if they actually thought that it would harm the turkey population? I think your worrying about nothing.

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